United States Ninth Circuit

In an action by Plaintiff-Union to compel arbitration based on allegedly wrongful terminations by Defendant-County, the order compelling arbitration is reversed, where Defendant was a political subdivision and thus was not an "employer" under the Labor-Management Relations Act, and hence the District Court lacked subject matter jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/10/2008
• Decided 03/20/2009
• Published 03/20/2009

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SIDNEY R. THOMAS and RICHARD A. PAEZ, Circuit Judges, and VAUGHN R. WALKER, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael E. Chase, Boutin Dentino Gibson Di Giusto Hodell Inc., for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven W. Welty and James R. Traber, Mastagni, Holstedt, Amick, Miller, Johnsen & Uhrhammer, for the appellee.