Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, Afl-Cio-Clc v. Ratner Corporation

602 F.2d 1363 102 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2571 , 86 Lab.Cas. P 11,531 In the Matter of the Arbitration of: AMALGAMATED CLOTHING AND TEXTILE WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC and Southern California Joint Board of the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Petitioners- Appellants, v. RATNER CORPORATION, a California Corporation, Respondent-Appellee. No. 77-2753. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Aug. 27, 1979. George Kaufmann, Washington, D. C. (argued), Arthur M. Goldberg, and Robert Tim Brown, New York City, on brief, for petitioners-appellants. Erwin Lerten, Beverly Hills, Cal., for respondent-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before CARTER and WRIGHT, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, Senior District Judge. * EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge: 1 The Amalgamated Clothing & Textile Workers Union (Union) appeals from the denial of its petition to compel arbitration with Ratner Corporation regarding coverage of a no-subcontracting clause in its collective bargaining agreement. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and we reverse. FACTS 2 Ratner Manufacturing Company was a closely held corporation…