Johnson v. England

356 F.2d 44 Walter JOHNSON, individually and as Secretary-Treasurer of Department Store Employees Union, Local 1100, etc., et al., Appellants, v. John M. ENGLAND, C. E. Strobel and Walter J. Hempy, as Trustees in Bankruptcy of the Estate of Raphael Weill & Co., Inc., a bankrupt, Appellees. No. 20087. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. January 12, 1966. Roland C. Davis, of Carroll, Davis, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants. Edward R. Steefel, of Dinkelspiel & Dinkelspiel, Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, James M. Conners, San Francisco, Cal., for appellees. Before CHAMBERS, POPE and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges. POPE, Circuit Judge. 1 This proceeding was commenced in the Superior Court of the State of California by the appellants as plaintiffs against the defendant Raphael Weill & Company, Inc., which operated the White House department store in the City of San Francisco. It was subsequently removed to the above named district court upon the application of the appellees. That court vacated and dissolved orders of the State court directing arbitration of certain disputes alleged to exist between plaintiffs and Raphael Weill & Company…