Lawi/Csa Consolidators, Inc. v. Wholesale And Retail Food Distribution

849 F.2d 1236 128 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2968 , 109 Lab.Cas. P 10,585 LAWI/CSA CONSOLIDATORS, INC., dba: Consolidators Handling Co., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL FOOD DISTRIBUTION, TEAMSTERS LOCAL 63, Affiliated with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs and Warehousemen of America, Defendant-Appellant. No. 87-5923. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 5, 1988. Decided June 22, 1988. Michael J. Shelley, Wohlner, Kaplon, Phillips, Vogel, Shelley & Young, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant. Ronald W. Novotny, Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE, TANG and NORRIS, Circuit Judges. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 Local 63 of the Teamsters Union appeals the district court's judgment permanently enjoining it from arbitrating a grievance pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement with appellee LAWI/CSA Consolidators, Inc. ("Consolidators"). The principal questions we consider are whether the court or the arbitrator should decide whether the duty to arbitrate a grievance had terminated, and,…