UAW v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 06-1475, 06-2064.

497 F.3d 615 (2007)

INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, AEROSPACE, AND AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA; Earl L. Henry, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Leroy Henry McKnight, et al., Movants-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, and Agricultural Implement Workers of America; Bobby Hardwick, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Lawrence Bronson, et al., Consolidated Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Ford Motor Company, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Mark S. Baumkel, Provizer & Phillips, Bingham Farms, Michigan, James R. Malone, Jr., Chimicles & Tikellis, Haverford, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Julia Penny Clark, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., William T. Payne, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard C. Godfrey, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Mark S. Baumkel, Provizer & Phillips, Bingham Farms, Michigan, James R. Malone, Jr., Daniel B. Scott, Chimicles & Tikellis, Haverford, Pennsylvania, for Appellants. Julia Penny Clark, John M. West, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., John E. Stember, Edward J. Feinstein, Stember, Feinstein, Doyle & Payne, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, William T. Payne, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Richard C. Godfrey, John F. Hagan, Jr., Andrew B. Bloomer, Catherine L. Fitzpatrick, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois, Jonathan L. Abram, Hogan & Hartson, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN and SUTTON, Circuit Judges; GRAHAM, District Judge.


OPINION

SUTTON, Circuit Judge.

The fortunes of the General Motors Corporation and the Ford Motor Company, two of the world's largest auto makers and two of this country's largest employers, have risen and fallen many times over the last 50 years. Their most recent economic challenges stem from a variety of factors, including the emergence of vigorous international competition, the ever-changing preferences of the American consumer and the fiscal strain of...

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