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PACE v. HONOLULU DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.

No. 99-15796.

227 F.3d 1150 (2000)

Randall E. PACE, Jr.; Henry Tacub; Wade Hanson; Rosalino Ballesteros, on behalf of themselves and former and current employees of Honolulu Disposal Service, Inc. and/or Alii Refuse Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HONOLULU DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.; Alii Refuse Corporation; Clyde Kaneshiro; Laborers International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO; The Members of the Executive Board of the Laborers International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO being Benjamin Saguibo, Norma Jimeno, Mel Cremer, Norman K. Janicki, Jr., Oliver Kupau III, CLayton Saguibo, Herbet Loo, Sally Forges, Rick Pagatpatan, Bernard Pascua and Larry Sabada; Hawaii Laborers' Trust Funds, (Hawaii Laborers' Health and welfare Fund and its trustees Harry Ushijima, Greg Muth, Albert Hamamoto, John Murchison, Mel Cremer, Elmo Sinclair, Benjamin Saguibo, Daniel Nakamura, Stephanie Mahelona, John Roxburgh Jr., and Larry Cadiz; Hawaii Laborers' Pension Trust Fund and its trustees Stanley Wada, Daniel Nakamura, Ernie Bello, Randall Ching, Wilton Ching, Anacleto Alcantra, Norman Janicki Jr., Benjamin Saguibo, Mel Cremer, Norman Janicki Sr., Larry Cadiz; Marilyn Tanaka, Larry Sadaba, John Murchison; E.S. Akin and Cynthia Tolentino; Hawaii Laborers' Training Trust Fund and its trustees Anacleto Alcantra, Edwin Huligee, Richard Honjiyo, Ryan Y. Wada, Gilbert Ho; Benjamin Saguibo, Alvis McCann, Melvin Kalama, Ryan Tohara, Scott Higa, Oliver H. Kupau, III; John Roxburgh, Jr.; and Cynthia Tolentino; Hawaii Laborers' Vacation & Holiday Trust Fund and its trustees Tamateru Kodama, Leonard Song, Vincent K. Nihipali Sr., Walter Arakaki, Salvador Ambrocio, Benjamin Saguibo, Ismael Solis, Clayton Saguibo, and John Roxburgh, Jr., Hawaii Laborers' Annuity Trust Fund and its trustees Walter Arakaki, Vincent K. Nihipali Sr., Richard Honjiyo, Tamateru Kodama, Leonard Song, Melvin Kalama, Salvador Ambrocio, Clayton Saguibo, Rick Pagatpatan and Ismael Solis dba Hawaii Laborers' Pension Trust Fund dba Hawaii Laborers Training Trust Fund dba Hawaii Laborers' Vacation & Holiday Trust Fund dba Hawaii Laborers' Annuity Trust Fund); American Benefit Plan Administrators Inc.; Wayne Chun, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 25, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Bickerton and William Saunders, Bickerton Saunders Dang & Bouslog, Honolulu, Hawaii, and Jerrold Y. Chun, Chun Chipchase Takayama Nagatani, Honolulu, Hawaii, for the appellants.

Wesley M. Fujimoto and Paul A. Schraff, Dwyer Imanaka Schraff Kudo Meyer & Fujimoto, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees Honolulu Disposal Service, Inc., Alii Refuse Corporation, and Clyde Kaneshiro.

Colleen Hanabusa, Colleen Hanabusa, A Law Corporation, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellee The Laborers International Union of North America, Local 368, AFL-CIO.

Alfredo G. Evangelista, Evangelista & Quiban, Honolulu, Hawaii, for appellees Hawaii Laborers' Trust Funds, American Benefit Plan Administrators, Inc., and Wayne Chun.

Before: PREGERSON, HAWKINS, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

McKEOWN, Circuit Judge:

We must resolve a conflict between the clear language of a series of collective bargaining agreements ("CBAs") and decide whether evidence of an oral agreement is admissible to supplement the terms of unambiguous CBAs. The heart of the case is a contractual rather than representational dispute, and the district court had jurisdiction to decide it. Because we conclude that the parol evidence rule bars admission of an oral agreement that not...

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