United States Ninth Circuit
Bliesner v. Communications Workers of Am., 04-35702
In a hybrid fair representation/Labor Management Relations Act section 301 suit, a district court need not address a duty of fair representation claim before addressing the section 301 claim.
Appellate Information
- Argued 05/04/2006
- Decided 09/13/2006
- Published 09/13/2006
Judges
- WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before: TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, Senior District Judge.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Rami Amaro, Coeur d'Alene, ID, for the appellant.
- For Appellees:
- Alan C. Herzfeld, Herzfeld & Piotrowski, Boise, ID, Richard Rosenblatt, Greenwood Village, CO, for appellee The Communication Workers of America., Timothy J. O'Connell, Stoel Rives, Seattle, WA, Marla Henken, Stoel Rives, Boise, Idaho, for appellee Verizon Northwest Inc., fka GTE Northwest Incorporated.