Martinez Typographical Union No. 597 v. Silversun Corp.

This is an appeal by plaintiff Martinez Typographical Union No. 597 from a judgment denying its petition to compel arbitration of an alleged dispute with defendants and cross-complainants Silversun Corporation and Herman Silverman.

Responsive to the pleadings of the parties, the trial court found that the parties’ written collective bargaining agreement expired on February 28, 1963, and was not renewed by the parties; that no substantial amount of “reproduction work’’ had accumulated before the date upon which the agreement terminated, although the contrary was true between the time of termination and the sale of the business; that plaintiff had not requested, from time to time, that defendants comply with its obligation to reproduce such copy ; that sometime prior to November 28, 1963, plaintiff was noti fied that defendant Silversun Corporation and the other two printing corporations owned by defendant Silverman would collectively sell their business assets and cease operations on or about November 28, 1963; that on said date the corporations in question did in fact sell their respective business assets and ceased operations in the publishing business and that by reason of such…