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SEAPAK, a division of W. R. Grace Corp., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. INDUSTRIAL, TECHNICAL AND PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYEES, a division of National Maritime Union, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 28414.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    April 9, 1970.
    Rehearing Denied April 29, 1970.
    John Bacheller, Jr., John B. Shepard, Atlanta, Ga., John Gayner, III, Bennet, Gilbert, Gilbert & Whittle, Brunswick, Ga., and Fisher & Phillips, Atlanta, Ga., for appellant.
    Stanley B. Gruber, Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, Q. Robert Henry, Brunswick, Ga., for appellee.
    
      Before SIMPSON, MORGAN and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Seapak filed suit below against Industrial Technical and Professional Employees, a division of the National Maritime Union, seeking a declaratory judgment that it was not in violation of its collective bargaining agreement with the union. A breach of contract action pursuant to Title 29, U.S.C. § 185(a), filed by the union on the same date in the Southern District of New York, was transferred to the Southern District of Georgia under Title 28, U.S.C. § 1404(a). Upon cross-motions for summary judgment, the district court denied Seapak’s motion and granted summary judgment in favor of the union. This appeal followed.

The opinion-order of Chief Judge Lawrence, Seapak, a Division of W. R. Grace Corporation v. Industrial, Technical and Professional Employees, Division of National Maritime Union, AFL-CIO, 300 F.Supp. 1197 (1969), sets forth the background of the controversy and ably and adequately explicates the reasons for his decision. We adopt his opinion.

Affirmed.