LIPPERT TILE CO. v. INT'L UNION OF BRICKLAYERS

No. 12-2658.

724 F.3d 939 (2013)

LIPPERT TILE COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF BRICKLAYERS AND ALLIED CRAFTSMEN, DISTRICT COUNCIL OF WISCONSIN AND ITS LOCAL 5, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 1, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Scrivner , Michael Best & Friedrich LLP, Milwaukee, WI, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Matthew Ruehl Robbins , Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz. Miller & Brueggeman, Milwaukee, WI, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges and NORGLE, District Judge.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Brothers Les and Jeffrey Lippert own a tile installation business that employs union workers. Some of their customers require or prefer that union workers be employed for tile installation projects, but others prefer nonunion labor because they can be cheaper. So in 2004 the brothers created a new tile installation company that employed non-union workers solely to serve this market. Pursuant to the governing collective bargaining agreement...

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