UNITED AUTO. AERO. v. HARDIN COUNTY, KY.

No. 16-5246.

842 F.3d 407 (2016)

UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL 3047, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HARDIN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 18, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John T. Lovett , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. James B. Coppess , AFL-CIO LEGAL DEPARTMENT, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: John T. Lovett , Kyle D. Johnson , FROST BROWN TODD LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellants. James B. Coppess , Craig Becker , AFL-CIO LEGAL DEPARTMENT, Washington, D.C., Irwin H. Cutler, Jr. , Louisville, Kentucky, Robert M. Colone , Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellees. Mitchel T. Denham , Matt James , OFFICE OF THE KENTUCKY ATTORNEY GENERAL, Frankfort, Kentucky, Kevin J. Hobson , NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before: BOGGS, SUHRHEINRICH, and McKEAGUE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case presents a challenge by numerous collective bargaining organizations to a Kentucky county's so-called "right to work" ordinance. The Unions contend the ordinance is unenforceable because it is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act.

The district court awarded summary judgment to...

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