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Sacramento Valley Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Ass'n v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Opinion
Opinion
Karlton, J.
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
This order amends this court’s previous order of May 22, 1986, and certifies the case for interlocutory appeal.
For the second time, this court turns to the litigation engendered by the strike engaged in by members of Local 340, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (“IBEW”) against the members of the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the National Electrical Contractors Association (“NECA”). In Sacramento Valley Chapter, etc. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, 632 F.Supp. 1403 (E.D.Cal.1986), I dismissed defendant Local 340’s cross-complaint which alleged that plaintiffs and a rival union violated the Sherman Act on the basis that Local 340 did not enjoy “antitrust” standing. In this opinion I consider the parties’ cross-motions for summary judgment relative to plaintiffs’ allegations that the defendants violated § 303(b) of the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”). 29 U.S.C. § 187 (b).
Plaintiffs seek to impose liability on defendants for injury which they allege was in part sustained by the Union’s desire to include clauses in their collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) condoning illegal secondary conduct purportedly in…