1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 770 F.3d
  5. 770 F.3d 834 (2014)
 

UNITED BROTH. OF CARP'S v. BLDG. & CONST. TRADES

No. 12-36049.

770 F.3d 834 (2014)

UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF AMERICA; Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters; Southwest Carpenters JATC; Pacific Northwest Regional Council of Carpenters; Washington State UBC JATC; Northeast Carpenters Regional Council of Carpenters; Carpenters and Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity; Larry Gould; William Clayton; Jordan Truman; Butch Parker; Scott Flannery; Richard Burwell; Emanuel Lee; Paul Ledyard; Joseph Edney; Willie Marshall; John Lake; Roger Johnson; Brian Thompson; Charles McWilliams; Billy Cooley; Sheryl Hollis; Booker Standerfer; Bob Scott; Joe Baca, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEP'T, AFL-CIO; James Williams; Ron Ault; David Molnaa, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed October 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Craig D. Singer , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the briefs were Charles Davant IV , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, Daniel M. Shanley , DeCarlo & Shanley, Los Angeles, CA, and G. Robert Blakey (Of Counsel), William J. and K. O'Neill Professor of Law, Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, IN.

Leon Dayan , Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC, argued the cause and filed the brief for the defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Abigail V. Carter , Joshua B. Shiffrin , Matthew Stark Rubin , and Laurence Gold , Bredhoff & Kaiser, PLLC, Washington, DC.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether a labor union's use of economic pressure is extortion under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.

I

The Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, ("Building Trades") is an umbrella labor organization representing unions and individuals in the construction industry. Subordinate labor unions pay the Building Trades per capita monthly fees and must comply...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases