BLIESNER v. COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA

No. 04-35702.

464 F.3d 910 (2006)

Kathy BLIESNER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COMMUNICATION WORKERS OF AMERICA; Verizon Northwest Inc., fka GTE Northwest Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rami Amaro, Coeur d'Alene, ID, for the appellant.

Alan C. Herzfeld, Herzfeld & Piotrowski, Boise, ID, Richard Rosenblatt, Greenwood Village, CO, for appellee The Communication Workers of America.

Timothy J. O'Connell, Stoel Rives, Seattle, WA, Marla Henken, Stoel Rives, Boise, Idaho, for appellee Verizon Northwest Inc., fka GTE Northwest Incorporated.

Before: TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges, and POLLAK, Senior District Judge.


WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff Kathy Bliesner brings a hybrid fair representation/ § 301 suit against her union and her employer, alleging that her union breached its duty of fair representation in violation of the National Labor Relations Act and that her employer breached its collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") in violation of § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act. The district court granted summary judgment against Bliesner...

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