THOMAS v. BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY & TOBACCO WORKERS INTERN. UNION, LOCAL # 433

Nos. 91-3549, 91-3553, 92-1563 and 92-1591.

982 F.2d 1215 (1992)

Selman THOMAS, Jr., also known as Joe Thomas, Jr.; Lloyd Anderson; David Bell; Dale John Burk; Dennis Canterbury; John Conner; Curtis Cotton; Michael DeJaynes; Ressie Estell; Paul Flower; David Foster; Donald Froien; Lacinda George, Personal Representative of the Estate of James George; Eddie Gill; Ivan Heesacker; Robert Hinsley; Josephine James; Calvin Jewett; Ralph Johnson; Kent Jorgesen; Patricia Livengood; Clyde Moore; Percy Moore; James Nash; Robert Peters; John Pittman; Sylvio Rebolloso; Jane Reed; Wayne Shaffar; Paul Stone; Rose Mascarello, Personal Representative of the Estate of James Thompson; James Walker; Clayton Welch; Ishanwee Wrenn; Gerald Carew; Thomas Hayden; Melvin Wade, Jr.; William Marsh; Mary L. Fillbach, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Fillbach; Shirley Huston, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lewis Huston, Appellants, v. BAKERY, CONFECTIONERY AND TOBACCO WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL # 433; Metz Baking Company, Appellees, Curtis Burton; Clark Cowing; Tom B. Miller; Donita Wimer; Bernard Vontersch; Audrey Leahy; Joan Delesene; Mary L. Ardery; Junior Lee Hoxsie; Annie C. Moore; Bob Herman; Gary Wasinger; Barbara Wasinger; Mark Boro; Bessie Sherrod; Richard Timperley; Thomas J. Mathis; William T. Adams; Patrick Laughlin; Matthew L. Seeman; Mark Martinez; Jim Hudson; John P. Gue; Larry Stryker; Kirk Keller; Steve Keithley; Jack Hotz, Jr.; Margaret Hilliard; Carlotta Chapman; Gary Kjar; Jan Hall; David Kunkle; Ronald Black; Homer C. Jackson; Rondell Guffey; Joy Southall; Janelle Swafford; Delores Urkevich; William H. Bailey; Brenda J. Brown; Emma J. Martin; Dave Hawkins; Dana McCoy; Donnie Parks; Bernie H. Bell; Edmon J. Flury; Kathryn Nelson; Carolyn L. Dibelka; William J. Miller; Taral E. Clift; L.Z. Steen; Douglas O'Leary; Rodger Vordestrasse; Robert Heib; Tim Schneckloth; Alvin Ward; Richard Lindaer; Harold Poppino; Mary Wright; Doug Woodworth; Richard Wills; R.P. Moore; Fred Sherrill; Riley A. Gunter; Richard Carter; Bob Wyskowski; Lorrie Griffis; Barb Griffin; Richard Farris; Donna Adams, Intervenors/Appellees. Selman THOMAS, Jr., also known as Joe Thomas, Jr.; Lloyd Anderson; David Bell; Dale John Burk; Dennis Canterbury; John Conner; Curtis Cotton; Michael DeJaynes; Ressie Estell; Paul Flower; David Foster; Donald Froien; Lacinda George, Personal Representative of the Estate of James George; Eddie Gill; Ivan Heesacker; Robert Hinsley; Josephine James; Calvin Jewett; Ralph Johnson; Kent Jorgesen; Patricia Livengood; Clyde Moore; Percy Moore; James Nash; Robert Peters; John Pittman; Sylvio Rebolloso; Jane Reed; Wayne Shaffar; Paul Stone; Rose Mascarello, Personal Representative of the Estate of James Thompson; James Walker; Clayton Welch; Ishanwee Wrenn; Gerald Carew; Thomas Hayden; Melvin Wade, Jr.; William Marsh; Mary L. Fillbach, Personal Representative of the Estate of Robert Fillbach; Shirley Huston, Personal Representative of the Estate of Lewis Huston, Appellees, v. Curtis BURTON; Clark Cowing; Tom B. Miller; Donita Wimer; Bernard Vontersch; Audrey Leahy; Joan Delesene; Mary L. Ardery; Junior Lee Hoxsie; Annie C. Moore; Bob Herman; Gary Wasinger; Barbara Wasinger; Mark Boro; Bessie Sherrod; Richard Timperley; Thomas J. Mathis; William T. Adams; Patrick Laughlin; Matthew L. Seeman; Mark Martinez; Jim Hudson; John P. Gue; Larry Stryker; Kirk Keller; Steve Keithley; Jack Hotz, Jr.; Margaret Hilliard; Carlotta Chapman; Gary Kjar; Jan Hall; David Kunkle; Ronald Black; Homer C. Jackson; Rondell Guffey; Joy Southall; Janelle Swafford; Delores Urkevich; William H. Bailey; Brenda J. Brown; Emma J. Martin; Dave Hawkins; Dana McCoy; Donnie Parks; Bernie H. Bell; Edmon J. Flury; Kathryn Nelson; Carolyn L. Dibelka; William J. Miller; Taral E. Clift; L.Z. Steen; Douglas O'Leary; Rodger Vordestrasse; Robert Heib; Tim Schneckloth; Alvin Ward; Richard Lindaer; Harold Poppino; Mary Wright; Doug Woodworth; Richard Wills; R.P. Moore; Fred Sherrill; Riley A. Gunter; Richard Carter; Bob Wyskowski; Lorrie Griffis; Barb Griffin; Richard Farris; Donna Adams, Intervenors/Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 31, 1992.

Judgment Denying Petition for Rehearing February 12, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas G. Young, Omaha, NE, argued, for appellants.

Robert MacDonald Smith, Sioux City, IA, and Neil B. Danberg and M.H. Weinberg, Omaha, NE, argued, for appellees.

Before RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge, WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge, and LARSON, Senior District Judge.


RICHARD S. ARNOLD, Chief Judge.

This is the end of a dispute which began in February of 1983 when the defendant, Metz Baking Company, purchased most of the assets of Interstate Brands Corporation (IBC). The purchase included the plant on Leavenworth Street in Omaha, Nebraska, where the plaintiffs, forty former employees of IBC, worked. The problem arose when Metz closed down its own Omaha bakery and transferred those employees to the Leavenworth plant. Metz then ...

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