Oregon Laborers-Employers Trust Funds, Plaintiff-Appellant/cross-Appellee v. Pacific Fence and Wire Company, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
Opinion
Opinion
959 F.2d 241 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. OREGON LABORERS-EMPLOYERS TRUST FUNDS, Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. PACIFIC FENCE AND WIRE COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant. Nos. 90-35540, 90-35564. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 3, 1992. Decided April 13, 1992. Before CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, O'SCANNLAIN and LEAVY, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 We consider whether a term in a collective bargaining agreement is ambiguous as a matter of law. Because we conclude that the term at issue here is not ambiguous, we reverse and remand. 3 * On September 3, 1974, Pacific Fence and Wire Company ("Pacific Fence") and the Oregon, Southern Idaho, and Wyoming District Council of Laborers (the "Union") entered into a collective bargaining agreement. The collective bargaining agreement incorporated by reference the Master Labor Agreement then in effect, and all subsequent Master Labor Agreements (the "Master…