Opinion ID: 792485
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Jurisdiction of the District Court to Hear Moriarty's Claims

Text: 82 Svec asks this Court to reconsider its decision in Moriarty I that the terms of the collective bargaining agreement covered WSL employees. Although the NLRB found that Teamsters Local 727 did not represent WSL's employees, this Court found the question of representation irrelevant. Once the court found that WSL and the Funeral Home were a single employer, and that WSL employees performed livery services, it could impose liability `in accordance with the terms and conditions of [the] . . . agreement.' Moriarty v. Svec I, 164 F.3d 323, 334 (7th Cir.1998) (quoting 29 U.S.C. § 1145). 83 This Court will not revisit an issue it resolved seven years ago. Law of the case doctrine advises against a court reopening previously decided issues. Messinger v. Anderson, 225 U.S. 436, 444, 32 S.Ct. 739, 56 L.Ed. 1152 (1912). This Court will only reexamine an earlier decision if it is convinced that [decision] is clearly erroneous and would work a manifest injustice. Arizona v. California, 460 U.S. 605, 618, 103 S.Ct. 1382, 75 L.Ed.2d 318 n. 8 (1983). The jurisdictional decision in Moriarty I was correct, and we reaffirm that holding today.