MILE BRANCH COAL COMPANY, APPELLANT,
v.
UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, APPELLEE
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The court held that a strike in similar circumstances was not a breach of the collective bargaining agreement.
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PER CURIAM.
In the District Court the Mile Branch •Coal Company, appellant, sued the United Mine Workers of America, appellee, for damages for alleged breach of provisions of the National Bituminous Coal Wage Agreement of 1950, as amended September 29, 1952, to which appellant and appellee were parties. Insofar as now material the theory of the action was that .appellant’s employees struck its coal mine in violation of provisions of the Agreement relating to the manner in which disputes were to be settled, and that appellee induced and encouraged the strike. The action was filed pursuant to section 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act1 authorizing suits by and against labor organizations for violation of collective bargaining contracts.
Appellee’s motion for summary judgment was granted by the District Court upon the authority of this court’s decision in International Union, United Mine Workers of America v. N. L. R. B., 103 U.S.App.D.C. 207, 257 F. 2d 211, where we held that a strike in similar circumstances was not a breach of the Agreement. Contra, Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp., 6 Cir., 1958, 259 F. 2d 346, affirmed, by an equally divided Court, 361 U.S. 459, 80 S.Ct. 489, 4 L.Ed.2d 442.
Upon the authority of International Union, United Mine Workers of America v. N. L. R. B., supra, the order of the District Court granting appellee’s motion for summary judgment is
Affirmed.2
. § 301(a), 61 Stat. 156 (1947), 29 U.S.C.A. 185(a).
. For previous aspects of the litigation see Mile Branch Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers, 105 U.S.App.D.C. 321, 266 F. 2d 919.
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- Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp., 361 U.S. 459 (U.S. 1960)
- Lewis v. Benedict Coal Corp., 259 F.2d 346 (6th Cir. 1958)
- Int'l Union v. Nat'l Labor Relations Bd., 257 F.2d 211 (D.C. Cir. 1958)
- Mile Branch Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers OF Am., 266 F.2d 919 (D.C. Cir. 1959)