United States Ninth Circuit

Six restrictions on expressive activity promulgated and enforced by two California shopping malls infringe on the free speech rights guaranteed by the California State Constitution, and therefore interfere with protected union activity in violation of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) when applied to union picketing and handbilling actions.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/15/2007
• Decided 08/25/2008
• Published 08/25/2008

Judges

• Before:  JANE R. ROTH,SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and CONSUELO M. CALLAHAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Caren P. Sencer and David Rosenfeld, Weinberg Roger & Rosenfeld, Alameda, CA, for petitioners United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 505, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 848, and United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America., Jo Anne Bernhard, Sacramento, CA, for amicus curiae International Council of Shopping Centers and California Business Properties Association., Donald C. Carroll, Carroll & Scully, Inc., San Francisco, CA, for amicus curiae California Labor Federation.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas J. Leanse, Stacey McKee Knight, Katten Muchin Rosenman, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for respondents Macerich Management Company and Macerich Property Management Company., Linda Dreeben, David Habenstreit, Joseph P. Norelli, and Jason Walta, Washington, DC, for respondent the National Labor Relations Board.