UPS
Bates v. UPS
Opinion
Opinion
FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
ERIC BATES; BERT ENOS;
BABARANTI OLOYEDE; ERIC
BUMBALA; EDWARD WILLIAMS, on behalf of themselves and all others No. 04-17295 similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, D.C. No.
CV-99-02216-TEH
v. OPINION UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC., dba
UPS,
Defendant-Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California Thelton E. Henderson, Senior District Judge, Presiding
Argued and Submitted June 20, 2007—San Francisco, California
Filed December 28, 2007
Before: Alex Kozinski, Chief Judge, Mary M. Schroeder, Stephen Reinhardt, Pamela Ann Rymer, Michael Daly Hawkins, Sidney R. Thomas, Barry G. Silverman, M. Margaret McKeown, Raymond C. Fisher, Ronald M. Gould, Richard A. Paez, Marsha S. Berzon, Richard R. Clifton, Milan D. Smith, Jr., and Sandra S. Ikuta, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge McKeown; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge Berzon
16883 BATES v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE 16889
COUNSEL
Mark A. Perry (argued), Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, D.C., Christopher J.…