MARQUEZ v. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, INC.

No. 96-35566.

124 F.3d 1034 (1997)

Naomi MARQUEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCREEN ACTORS GUILD, INC., and Lakeside Productions, Inc., a foreign corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr., National Right to Work Legal Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Leo Geffner, Geffner & Bush, Burbank, CA, for defendant-appellee Screen Actors Guild, Inc.

Earle J. Hereford, Jr., Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Lakeside Productions.

Before: REAVLEY, O'SCANNLAIN, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the Screen Actors Guild breached its duty of fair representation when it refused to clear a part-time actress for work because she could not prepay full union dues.

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Naomi Marquez is a part-time actress, represented by agents Scott Thompson and Ingrid Fuhriman at the Thompson Media Talent agency. Lakeside Productions ("Lakeside") is the producer of a television...

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