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ALAMEDA NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. CITY OF OAKLAND

No. 94-16513.

95 F.3d 1406 (1996)

ALAMEDA NEWSPAPERS, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF OAKLAND, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Northern California Newspaper Guild, Local 52, Newspaper Guild, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 13, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Duvall, King & Ballow, San Diego, CA, for plaintiff-appellee Alameda Newspapers, Inc.

Duance B. Beeson, Beeson, Tayer & Bodine, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-intervenor-appellant Northern California Newspaper Guild, Local 52.

Before: BOOCHEVER and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Today we decide whether preemption law compels a City, against its wishes, to patronize a newspaper company embroiled in a bitter and divisive labor dispute with its employees. Our answer is that it does not. Specifically, we hold that the City of Oakland may determine as a matter of principle not to do business with Alameda Newspapers, Inc. during the course of a labor boycott, and that the City Council may suggest that the residents of...

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