AMERICAN STEEL ERECTORS v. LOCAL UNION NO. 7

No. 07-1832.

536 F.3d 68 (2008)

AMERICAN STEEL ERECTORS, INC., Ajax Construction Co., American Aerial Services, Inc., Bedford Ironworks, Inc., and D.F.M. Industries, Inc., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 7, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BRIDGE, STRUCTURAL, ORNAMENTAL & REINFORCING IRON WORKERS, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Avakian with whom Smetana & Avakian, Carol Chandler, Geoffrey R. Bok, Stoneman, Chandler & Miller LLP, Thomas M. Triplett, and Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt, P.C. were on brief for appellants.

Paul F. Kelly with whom Indira Talwani, Segal, Rottman & Coleman, and Mickey Long, were on brief for appellees.

John C. Scully and W. James Young on brief for amicus curiae National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc.

Maurice Baskin and Venable LLP on brief for amicus curiae Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.

Before HOWARD, Circuit Judge, STAHL and SILER, Circuit Judges.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Five non-union New England-based steel erectors—Aerial Services, Inc.; D.F.M. Industries, Inc.; American Steel Erectors, Inc.; Bedford Ironworks, Inc.; and Ajax Construction, Inc. ("Plaintiffs" or "non-union contractors")1—brought suit against Local Union No. 7 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental & Reinforcing Iron Workers ...

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