Jones v. Local 926, International Union of Operating Engineers, 61734

Decision Date23 May 1983
Docket NumberNo. 61734,61734
Citation166 Ga.App. 723,306 S.E.2d 99
PartiesJONES v. LOCAL 926, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS et al.
CourtGeorgia Court of Appeals

Action on contract. Fulton State Court. Before Judge Etheridge.

Eugene Novy, Robert F. Gore, Penelope W. Rumsey, Michael C. Murphy, Atlanta, for appellant.

James T. Langford, Charles W. Whitney, Harris Jacobs, Melvin Radowitz, Joseph Jacobs, Atlanta, for appellees.

SOGNIER, Judge.

The Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari to review our decision in Jones v. Local 926 & c. Operating Engineers, 159 Ga.App. 693, 285 S.E.2d 30 (1981). Upon consideration of the case, the Supreme Court held that the subject matter of the complaint filed by Jones against the Union was preempted by the National Labor Relations Act and reversed the judgment. Local 926, International Union of Operating Engineers, AFL-CIO v. Jones, --- U.S. ----, 103 S.Ct. 1453, 75 L.Ed.2d 368 (1983).

Accordingly, this court hereby adopts the opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States and affirms the judgment of the trial court. Respondent Jones is hereby directed to pay costs as ordered by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Judgment affirmed with direction.

SHULMAN, C.J., and BIRDSONG, J., concur.

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