Panza v. Armco Steel Corporation

• Court: U.S. Court of Appeals — Third Circuit
• Writing for the Court: PER CURIAM
• Citation: Panza v. Armco Steel Corporation, 316 F.2d 69 (3rd Cir. 1963)
• Decision Date: 02 April 1963
• Docket Number: No. 14190.,14190.
• Parties: Orest PANZA, Frank Smith, Frank Panza, Stanley Halovanic, Joseph Mali, Sam La Cava and Ralph Zoerb, Appellants, v. ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION.

316 F.2d 69 (1963)

Orest PANZA, Frank Smith, Frank Panza, Stanley Halovanic, Joseph Mali, Sam La Cava and Ralph Zoerb, Appellants, v. ARMCO STEEL CORPORATION.

No. 14190.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Argued March 19, 1963.

Decided April 2, 1963.

Rehearing Denied May 16, 1963.

Samuel L. Goldstein, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Suto, Power, Goldstein & Walsh, Leo Kostman, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

David B. Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa. (John G. Buchanan, Jr., Louis Emanuel, Buchanan, Ingersoll, Rodewald, Kyle & Buerger, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HASTIE, GANEY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is the second of two actions, both litigated in the District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, seeking essentially the same relief. The present plaintiffs are members of a local union which, together with a sister local and their parent international, brought the first suit as collective bargaining representatives of the members of the locals, complaining that the defendant employer, Armco Steel Corp., had unlawfully failed to respect the seniority of the members of the locals in connection with the transfer of employees from a discontinued plant to a new one. It was alleged that the employer had violated a master collective bargaining agreement and a local supplement covering seniority rights. The district court ordered the arbitration of this matter and the arbitrator's ultimate award, giving the membership of the local some relief but less than they sought, was complied with by the employer. The district court then dismissed the action with prejudice.

Now, certain dissatisfied members of the local, suing for themselves and their fellow members, have brought this second action against Armco Steel Corp. seeking...