United States Ninth Circuit
SIMO v. UNION OF NEEDLETRADES, INDUS. & TEXTILE EMPLOYEES, 01-55937
Garment workers did not produce evidence of bad faith necessary to show that their union breached the duty of fair representation, and union agents' conduct (including allegedly threatening home visits) did not meet the elements of intentional infliction of emotional distress under California law.
Appellate Information
- Argued 12/02/2002
- Decided 01/16/2003
- Published 01/16/2003
Judges
- Before: D.W. NELSON and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges, and SCHWARZER, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Linda S. Klibanow, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Michael Rubin, Daniel T. Purtell, Victor M. Ortiz-de Montellano, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, San Francisco, CA; Della Bahan, Bahan & Herold, Pasadena, CA, for defendant-appellee UNITE., Laurence S. Zakson, Carlos R. Perez, Reich, Adell, Crost & Cvitan, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellees UNITE-SW, Antonio Orea, and Roxana Guevara.