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Parties Involved:
Local 450, International Union of Operating Engineers
Appellant
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-20277

TURNER INDUSTRIES GROUP, L.L.C.,

Plaintiff–Appellee,

v.

LOCAL 450, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS,

Defendant–Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:13-CV-456

Before KING, JOLLY, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff−Appellee Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. (“Turner”) brought 

suit against Defendant−Appellant Local 450, International Union of Operating 

Engineers (“Local 450”) for breach of contract after Local 450 repudiated the 

parties’ collective bargaining agreement. Following a three-day bench trial, the 

district court entered findings of fact and conclusions of law holding that Local 

450 had breached the agreement and was liable to Turner for the damages it 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

February 10, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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incurred as a result. On appeal, Local 450 challenges several of these findings 

and conclusions.

“In the appeal of a bench trial, we review findings of fact for clear error 

and conclusions of law and mixed questions of law and fact de novo.” Dickerson 

v. Lexington Ins. Co., 556 F.3d 290, 294 (5th Cir. 2009) (footnotes omitted).

Having carefully considered the parties’ arguments and the record, we find no 

error in the district court’s thorough findings of fact and conclusions of law. 

Accordingly, for the reasons provided by the district court, we affirm.

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