Associated Builders And Contractors, Inc. v. City Of Seward

966 F.2d 492 140 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2539 , 60 USLW 2772 , 122 Lab.Cas. P 10,210 , 1992-1 Trade Cases P 69,887 ASSOCIATED BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SEWARD, an Alaska own rule municipality; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local Union 1547 (IBEW), a labor union, Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-35511. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Jan. 7, 1992. Decided June 5, 1992. Maurice Baskin, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, Washington, D.C., Stephen M. Ellis, Delaney, Wiles, Hayes, Reitman & Brubaker, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiffs-appellants. Helene M. Antel, IBEW Local Union 1547, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before WRIGHT, NORRIS, and HALL, Circuit Judges. WILLIAM A. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 The City of Seward ("Seward") owns and operates its own electric utility. Seward has a Collective Bargaining Agreement ("CBA") with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers ("IBEW"). In 1990, Seward received a grant from the Alaska legislature to replace an old high voltage electric…