United States Ninth Circuit

National Labor Relations Act provisions for unfair labor practices preempt union members' civil rights actions against non-union employer alleging conspiracy to arrest them for inspecting employer's construction sites to determine health and safety conditions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 07/13/2000
• Decided 06/13/2001
• Published 06/13/2001

Judges

• Before:  CANBY, REINHARDT, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sandra Rae Benson,Theodore Franklin, Amy D. Martin, Van Bourg, Weinberg, Roger & Rosenfeld, Oakland, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Khin Mai Aung, Asian Law Caucus, San Francisco, CA, for the amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bradford K. Newman, Jeffer, Mangels, Butler & Marmaro, LLP, San Francisco, California;  Jeanine B. Nadel, Deputy County Counsel, Ukiah, California;  Richard W. Clopine, Halkides & Morgan, Redding, California, for the defendants-appellees.