MEMPHIS AMERICAN POSTAL, AFL-CIO v. MEMPHIS

No. 02-5694.

361 F.3d 898 (2004)

MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE AREA LOCAL, AMERICAN POSTAL WORKERS UNION, AFL-CIO a/k/a American Postal Workers Union, Local 96, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS; H.B. Phillips, Inc.; Pro-Tech Security, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter J. Leff (argued and briefed), O'Donnell, Schwartz & Anderson, Washington, DC, for Appellant.

David P. Knox (argued and briefed), Ford & Harrison, Memphis, TN, Henry L. Klein (argued and briefed), Apperson, Crump & Maxwell, Memphis, TN, Debra L. Fessenden (argued and briefed), Thomas Edwards Hansom (briefed), Law Offices of Thomas E. Hansom, Memphis, TN, Brian L. Kuhn (briefed), Shelby County Attorney's Office, Memphis, TN, for Appellees.

Before KEITH, MARTIN, and SUTTON, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal of the order dismissing for failure to state a cause of action this civil rights action arising from the Defendants-Appellees' activities relative to picketing by the Plaintiff-Appellant. In light of the liberal pleading standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ("FRCP") 8(a), and adhered to by the federal courts, the district court's decision to grant the Defendants' motions to dismiss is

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