AMOS v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC.

No. 10-3319.

699 F.3d 448 (2012)

Patricia L. AMOS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PPG INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: November 1, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Timothy F. Cogan , Cassidy, Myers, Cogan, Voegelin, L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellants. Richard J. Antonelli , Babst Calland, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Timothy F. Cogan , Cassidy, Myers, Cogan, Voegelin, L.C., Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellants. Richard J. Antonelli , Rebecca J. Dick-Hurwitz , Charles Warner , Babst Calland, P.C., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for Appellees.

Before: MARTIN, SUTTON, and KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

KETHLEDGE, Circuit Judge.

The question presented in this case is whether the plaintiffs — retired former employees of the defendant PPG — are bound by a decision adverse to their former unions in separate litigation to which the plaintiffs were not a party. The district court held that the plaintiffs are bound by that decision. We disagree, and reverse.

I.

While employed at PPG, the plaintiffs were represented by three...

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