Desert Coca Cola Bottling Company v. General Sales Drivers, Delivery Drivers And Helpers Local 14

335 F.2d 198 DESERT COCA COLA BOTTLING COMPANY et al., Appellants, v. GENERAL SALES DRIVERS, DELIVERY DRIVERS AND HELPERS LOCAL 14, Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers of America, an unincorporated association, Appellee. No. 19128. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. July 23, 1964. Morton Galane, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellants. George Rudiak, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee. Before BARNES, Circuit Judge, MADDEN, Judge of the Court of Claims, and BROWNING, Circuit Judge. BARNES, Circuit Judge. 1 This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. The appellants, a group of employers comprising the soft drink bottling industry in their area, brought a suit for a declaratory judgment against the appellee, a labor union with which the appellants had a collective bargaining agreement. The appellants' suit sought a determination by the district court that a certain controversy which had arisen between the appellants and the union was, under the provisions of the collective bargaining agreement, required to be resolved by arbitration, and was not, as the union contended and…