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DEMETRIS v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA

No. 15-15229, No. 15-15529.

862 F.3d 799 (2017)

Daniel DEMETRIS; William Burke; Daniel Burstein; Patrick Collins; Richard Gorgas; Paul Herfel; Robert Marini; Abdul Morani; Paul Morrone; Robert Palacek, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellee. Mark Letbetter; Mike McDonald; Rick Arnegard; William Bell; William Black; Lonnie Bradbury; John Breeden; Roger Brown; Scott Brown; John Bynum; Mike Cody; John Crawford; Billie Cummins; George Danker; Don Draper; Michael Elmore; Wade Faust; Jerry Frazier; Kevin Gorremans; Mary Gorremans; James Hayden; Brenda Higley; Randy Holland; Jim Bob Jackson; Alan Keith; Earl Kuppinger; Soren Lohmar; Deborah McDaniel; Johnny McDaniel; Mike McNamara; Steve Nunn; Mike Reyes; George Rodriguez; Mike Sharp; Jerry Shupe; Curtis Simer; Robert Sommers; Ronald Swan; Terrance Thomas; Bill Thorson; Jim Troskey; James Wall; Larry Weber; Chokushin Urasaki; Steve Abshier; Ralph Bacon; Ronnie Bertrang; Traice Bryant; Dan Burke; Kevin Calman; Donald Caudle; Jerry Collard; Doug Creekmore; Hugh Cooper; Barbara Dejear; Bryan Deshazo; Lidio A. Dobrich; David Elder; John Eller; Mike Eller; Ned Elzo; Ron Engles; Donald Farris; Robert Flynn; Randy Forrester; Jesse Foster; Steve Fregara; Paul Goulet; Marion Greenwalt; Phil Hallman; McKayla Harper; Scott Hermanson; Larry Holmes; Roger Kemp; Daniel Kitchens; Larry Lawson; Jack Lofgren; Patrice Manns; Edward W. Marraccini; Farren Mayfield; Gail Mayfield; Greg McBride; Frank Mefford; Ken Miller; Danny Moore; Gerald Murray; James Pottebaum; John Reed; Abraham Reichman; Sharon Ritter; Ben Roundtree; Gary Runyon; Mary Runyon; Roger Schultz; Tim Sisney; Joseph W. Smith; Ronald Smith; Steve Ullrich; Susan Virdell; Mitch Wallace; Terry Walls; Kenneth Warren; Eric Whaley; Ray White; Glenda Wilkerson; Mike Williams; Don Woodrich; Johnny Yeary; Sam York; Steven Jones, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Roy Haile, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Local 514, Transport Workers Union of America; Transport Workers Union of America, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 22, 2017.

Amended July 5, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Caddell (argued), Cynthia B. Chapman , and Amy E. Tabor , Caddell & Chapman, Houston, Texas, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Connie K. Chan (argued) and Stephen P. Berzon , Altshuler Berzon LLP, San Francisco, California; Richard Edelman , Mooney Green Saindon Murphy and Welch PC, Washington, D.C.; for Defendant-Appellee Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO.

Teague P. Patterson , Beeson Tayer & Bodine APC, Oakland, California; Caroline B. Lapish , Norman Wohlgemuth Chandler Jeter Barnett & Ray, Tulsa, Oklahoma; for Defendant-Appellee Local 514, Transport Workers Union of America.

Before: Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain, Ronald M. Gould, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Circuit Judges.

OPINION

We must decide whether a labor union's decision to distribute the proceeds of a bankruptcy settlement to all of its members unevenly violates its duty of fair representation.

I

A

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