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PHILLIPS v. UAW INTERN.

No. 16-1832.

854 F.3d 323 (2017)

Tanganeka L. PHILLIPS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UAW INTERNATIONAL; Brian Johnson; Dave Kegals, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 12, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: John J. Bursch , BURSCH LAW PLLC, Caledonia, Michigan, for Appellant.

Patrick J. Rorai , McKNIGHT, CANZANO, SMITH, RADTKE & BRAULT, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, for Appellees. Susan R. Oxford , UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

ON BRIEF: Nanette L. Cortese , THE CORTESE LAW FIRM, Bingham Farms, Michigan, for Appellant.

Patrick J. Rorai , McKNIGHT, CANZANO, SMITH, RADTKE & BRAULT, P.C., Royal Oak, Michigan, Ava Barbour , UAW INTERNATIONAL, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. Susan R. Oxford , UNITED STATES EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Curiae.

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK, J., joined. MERRITT, J. (pp. 328-29; app. 329-32), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.

OPINION

Samuel Gompers, founder of the AFL, wrote that "[w]herever trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected." SAMUEL L. GOMPERS, LABOR AND THE COMMON WELFARE (1919). But Gompers wasn't quite right if Tanganeka Phillips's claims are true; she alleges that one of the...

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