KNIGHT v. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DIST.

Nos. 95-35848, 95-36283, 96-35166 and 96-35174.

131 F.3d 807 (1997)

Carol J. KNIGHT; Leonard F. Ball; Robert M. Bird; Rosemary K. Bird; Ann Marie Dahl; Joseph Dilley; Beverly L. Edwards; Michael P. Heaphy; Gary John Horwath; James K. Hunter; Michael E. Johnson; David McCord; Sally L. Oelrich; Deanne P. Pokryfki; Donna L. Rehberg, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT; Walter Bromenschenkel, Superintendent; Helen Sibson; Kenai Peninsula Education Association, Defendants-Appellees. Gary JEFFERSON; Eugene L. Dyson; David Johnson; Daniel L. Hastings; Stephen A. McFerron, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT; Walter Bromenschenkel, Superintendent; Helen Sibson, Director; Kenai Peninsula Education Association, Defendants-Appellees. Rebecca L. PATTERSON; Judy O. Weimer; Andrew J. Rabung; Adolph Hinson; Emma L. Smith; Carole Gene Murray; Marjorie Kyle, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT; Robert Christal, Acting Superintendent Anchorage School District; Leland C. Wilson, Executive Director/Instructional Support Programs and Certified Labor Relations; Anchorage Education Association; NEA-Alaska, Defendants-Appellees. Rebecca L. PATTERSON; Judy O. Weimer; Andrew J. Rabung; Adolph Hinson; Emma L. Smith; Carole Gene Murray; Marjorie Kyle, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT; Robert Christal, Acting Superintendent Anchorage School District; Leland C. Wilson, Executive Director/Instructional Support Programs and Certified Labor Relations, Defendants-Appellants, and Anchorage Education Association; NEA-Alaska, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 8, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James Young, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, Virginia, for plaintiffs-appellants in Nos. 95-35848 and 95-36283.

Jeremiah A. Collins, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, for defendant-appellee Kenai Peninsula Education Association in Nos. 95-35848 and 95-36283.

Howard S. Trickey and Andrena L. Stone, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Bromenschenkel, and Sibson in Nos. 95-35848 and 95-36283.

W. James Young, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, Virginia, for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees in Nos. 96-35166 and 96-35174.

Jeremiah A. Collins, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, DC, for defendants-appellees Anchorage Education Association and NEA-Alaska in Nos. 96-35166 and 96-35174..

Howard S. Trickey and Andrena L. Stone, Jermain, Dunnagan & Owens, Anchorage, Alaska, for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants Anchorage School District, Christal, and Wilson in Nos. 96-35166 and 96-35174..

Before: WALLACE, JOHN T. NOONAN, JR., and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge.

In these three cases consolidated for appeal, we consider the often murky area of the rights and responsibilities of nonunion employees in the union shop context. Responding to issues decided by the district court, the nonunion employees and one of the public employers appeal from parts of the various judgments. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331 and 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and we have jurisdiction over these...

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