INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS v. CITIZENS TELECOMS. CO. OF CALIFORNIA

No. 06-16189.

549 F.3d 781 (2008)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO LOCAL 1245, Petitioner-Appellee, v. CITIZENS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CO. OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed December 5, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Beck, at argument, and Peter E. Davids, on the briefs, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for appellant Citizens Telecommunications Company of California.

Shawn C. Groff, at argument, and Lynn Rossman Faris, on the briefs, Leonard Carder, LLP, Oakland, CA, for appellee International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO Local 1245.

Before: MARY M. SCHROEDER, JOHN M. WALKER, JR., and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

WALKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Citizens Telecommunications Co. (Citizens) and Appellee International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, AFL-CIO Local 1245 (IBEW) are parties to a Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) in effect from October 2004 through September 2008. IBEW sought an order compelling Citizens to arbitrate IBEW's claim that Citizens had violated the CBA by reducing employee retirement benefits. The district court granted the motion...

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