Cappa v. Wiseman

659 F.2d 957 108 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2941 , 92 Lab.Cas. P 13,102 Michael D. CAPPA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Phillip WISEMAN, individually and dba Denticator, Denticator Co., Inc. a corporation, and Warehouse Union Local 860, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen and Helpers, Defendants-Appellees. No. 79-4237. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 13, 1981. Decided Oct. 19, 1981. 1 Francis J. McTernan, Garry, Dreyfus, McTernan, Brotsky, Herndon & Pesonen, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. 2 Robert C. Nicholas, Haas & Najarian and Beeson, Tayer & Kovach, San Francisco, Cal., on brief for defendants-appellees. 3 A. Roger Jeanson, San Francisco, Cal. (argued), for Wiseman, et al. 4 Patrick J. Szymanski, San Francisco, Cal. (argued), for Teamsters. 5 Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. 6 Before TANG and FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. SAMUEL P. KING, District Judge: 7 The issue before this court is whether an employer and a union limited the scope of a bargaining unit by orally agreeing to restrict the terms of the written master…