Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc. v. Pacific Coast Metal Trades District Council, Metal Trades Department, AFL-CIO

Appellant Continental Maritime of San Francisco, Inc. (“Continental”) appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of the appellees, Pacific Coast Metal Trades District Council, et al. (“defendants”). We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 , and we affirm.

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BACKGROUND

Continental operates a ship repair facility in San Francisco and competes with two Portland shipyards named as defendants in this action, Northwest Marine Iron Works and Dillingham Corporation. All three firms hire workers from various unions (also named as defendants) according to the terms of the “Pacific Coast Master Agreement” made between the unions and an association of shipyard owners.

In 1985, the defendant unions entered into special “project agreements” with Northwest Marine and Dillingham, by which they agreed to lower wages on certain listed repair projects. No similar project agreements were made with Conti- . nental.

In August 1985, Continental brought an action in federal district court alleging a conspiracy among the defendants in violation of the federal antitrust laws, intentional interference with contractual relations, and fraud. The shipyard defendants filed…