ATONIO v. WARDS COVE PACKING CO., INC.

Nos. 91-35306, 91-35861.

10 F.3d 1485 (1993)

Frank ATONIO; Alan Lew; Curtis Lew; Eugene Bacliq; Joaquin Arruiza; Randy Del Fierro; Barbara Viernes; Clarke Kido; Lester Kuramoto; Margaret Baclig, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WARDS COVE PACKING COMPANY, INC., a foreign corporation; Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc., a domestic corporation; Columbia Wards Fisheries, Defendants-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham A. Arditi, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Douglas M. Fryer, Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees.

Thomas M. Bondy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenor.

Beatrix W. Shear, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ, Stephen C. Chin, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, and Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for amici.

Before: WRIGHT, FLETCHER and CANBY, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

Salmon cannery workers appeal from the district court's judgment dismissing with prejudice their claims of racial discrimination in employment. The defendants are three former employers. We ordered supplemental briefing on the question whether Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991, Pub.L. No. 102-166, 105 Stat. 1071, 1071-81 (codified in scattered sections of 42 U.S.C.A.), applies to this case. We conclude that one of the provisions of the...

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