STEAM PRESS HOLDINGS v. HAWAII TEAMSTERS

Nos. 01-17222, 02-15097.

302 F.3d 998 (2002)

STEAM PRESS HOLDINGS, INC., dba Young Laundry and Dry Cleaning; Michael Drace, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HAWAII TEAMSTERS AND ALLIED WORKERS UNION, LOCAL 996; Mel Kahele, as an individual, Defendants-Appellants. Steam Press Holdings, Inc., dba Young Laundry and Dry Cleaning; Michael Drace, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers Union, Local 996, Defendant-Appellee. and Mel Kahele, as an individual; Hawaii Teamsters Health & Welfare Trust Fund; Doe Defendants 1-150, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deborah Drooz, Strook & Stroock & Lavan, Los Angeles, CA, and Jeffrey L. Cutler, Elizabeth Rosenfeld, Wohlner Kaplon Phillips Young & Cutler, Encino, CA, for the defendants-appellants-appellees.

Jared H. Jossem, Dwyer Schraff Meyer Jossem & Bushnell, Honolulu, HI, for the plaintiffs-appellees-appellants.

Fred H. Altshuler, Linda Lye, Altshuler, Berzon, Nussbaum, Rubin & Demain, San Francisco, CA, for the amici curiae.

Before: GOODWIN, HAWKINS and FISHER, Circuit Judges.


GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.

Michael Drace and Steam Press Holdings, Inc., dba Young Laundry and Dry Cleaning, sued Mel Kahele and Hawaii Teamsters and Allied Workers, Local 996, in federal district court alleging that (1) defendants made defamatory statements of and concerning plaintiffs during the course of a labor dispute; (2) defendants breached a no-strike clause in a collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"); and (3) defendants engaged in racketeering. The district...

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