West Coast Telephone Company v. Local Union No. 77

431 F.2d 1219 WEST COAST TELEPHONE COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee, v. LOCAL UNION NO. 77, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Appellant. No. 23054. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. September 23, 1970. John E. Rinehart, Jr. (argued), Hugh Hafer of Bassett, Donaldson & Hafer, Seattle, Wash., for appellant. James H. Clarke (argued), Lewis K. Scott and John C. Wright, Jr., of McColloch, Dezendorf, Spears & Lubersky, Portland, Or., Burton C. Waldo, of Kahin, Horswill, Keller, Rohrback, Waldo & Moren, Seattle, Wash., for appellee. Before HAMLEY and TRASK, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge. * HAMLEY, Circuit Judge: 1 West Coast Telephone Company (West Coast) brought this action in the district court to reform a collective bargaining agreement between the company and Local Union 77, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers AFL-CIO (Union). 1 District court jurisdiction was asserted under section 301 (a) of the Labor-Management Relations Act (Act), 29 U.S.C. § 185 (a). After a trial the court entered a judgment reforming the contract and the Union appeals. We affirm. 2 During the course of…