Free Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, ) RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ) ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ) WORKERS, INTERNATIONAL UNION, ) AFL-CIO-CLC, and UNITED STEEL, PAPER ) AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ) ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE ) WORKERS LOCAL 4-786, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) E. I . DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND ) COMPANY, ) ) Defendant. ) ___________________________________________ )

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PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS Plaintiffs United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, AlliedIndustrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers Local Union 4786 ("Local 4-786") hereby move for judgment on the pleadings. The grounds for this motion are set forth more fully in the accompanying Brief. WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray that the Court: 1. Enter judgment in their favor and against Defendant E.I. DuPont de Nemours and Company ("DuPont"), finding that DuPont breached and continues to breach the collective bargaining agreement by refusing to arbitrate Local 4-786's grievance; 2. Compel DuPont to process the grievance through the grievance procedure and to arbitrate said grievance in compliance with the collective bargaining agreement;

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3. Direct DuPont to pay the attorneys fees and costs incurred by Plaintiffs in prosecuting this lawsuit; and 4. Award such other relief as law, equity, and circumstances may warrant.

Respectfully submitted, HEIMAN, GOUGE & KAUFMAN, LLP /s/ Susan E. Kaufman Susan E. Kaufman (DSB # 3381) 800 King Street Suite 303 P.O. Box 1674 Wilmington, DE 19801 (302) 658-1800 (302) 658-1473 (fax) [email protected] JEREMIAH A. COLLINS JENNIFER L. HUNTER Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C. 805 Fifteenth St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 842-2600 Facsimile: (202) 842-1888 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiffs United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers International Union and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied-Industrial and Service Workers Local 4-786

DATED: July 23, 2007

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF DELAWARE UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS, INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO-CLC, and UNITED STEEL, PAPER AND FORESTRY, RUBBER, MANUFACTURING, ENERGY, ALLIED INDUSTRIAL AND SERVICE WORKERS LOCAL 4-786, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) E.I. DuPONT de NEMOURS and ) COMPANY, ) ) Defendant. ) ________________________________________________) CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 23, 2007, I electronically filed the PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR JUDGMENT ON THE PLEADINGS with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following: Kathleen F. McDonough, Esquire Potter, Anderson & Corroon, LLP 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899 I hereby certify that on July 23, 2007, I have mailed by United States Postal Service, the document(s) to the following non-registered participants: Thomas P. Gies, Esquire Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 /s/ Susan E. Kaufman Heiman, Gouge & Kaufman, LLP 800 King Street, Suite 303 Wilmington, DE 19801 302-658-1800 [email protected]

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