United States Ninth Circuit

A dispute between a union and an employer was primarily contractual, not representational, and an arbitration clause in the agreement is susceptible of an interpretation that covers the present dispute.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/08/2003
• Decided 09/19/2003
• Published 09/19/2003

Judges

• Before PREGERSON, TASHIMA, and CLIFTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Benjamin Sachs, Staff Attorney, SEIU, Washington, D.C., for the plaintiffs-appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Philip L. Ross, Littler Mendelson, PC, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.