Los Angeles Paper Bag Co. v. Printing Specialties And Paper Products Union

345 F.2d 757 LOS ANGELES PAPER BAG CO., a corporation, Appellant, v. PRINTING SPECIALTIES AND PAPER PRODUCTS UNION, DISTRICT COUNCIL NO. 2, NATIONAL PRINTING PRESSMEN AND ASSISTANTS' UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, a labor organization, Appellee. No. 19244. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. May 17, 1965. 1 William M. Howard, Bryan, Cave, McPheeters & McRoberts, St. Louis, Mo., W. A. Caldecott, Stephen J. M. Morris, Walker, Wright, Tyler & Ward, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant. 2 Leo Geffner, Levy, DeRoy, Geffner, Koszdin & Glow, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee. 3 Before BARNES and ELY, Circuit Judges, and PENCE, District Judge. PENCE, District Judge: 4 The positions taken by both the appellant (Employer) and the appellee (Union) in this case force us to exclaim, like Mercutio: 'A plague o' both your houses.' The facts here are simple but each party has engaged in a skirmish of semantics in an attempt to gain more than either was entitled to under the bargaining agreement. Bot for such attitudes, this action would not have reached the courts, at least not yet. 5 On August 19, 1963, Employer discharged twelve employees, all Union members. Their discharge…