Thomas v. Younglove

545 F.2d 1171 93 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2558 , 79 Lab.Cas. P 11,704 Joyce THOMAS, R.N., Individually and on behalf of all those similarly situated, and the Riverside General Hospital Nurses Association of California, Appellants, v. Norton YOUNGLOVE et al., Appellees. No. 74-2030. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Oct. 6, 1976. Herbert M. Ansell, of Ansell & Ansell, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants. Steven A. Broiles, Deputy County Counsel (argued), Riverside, Cal., for appellees. Before GOODWIN and SNEED, Circuit Judges, and KING, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 Plaintiffs appeal from the dismissal of a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 damages action on defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings. 2 The plaintiffs are a labor organization, the Riverside General Hospital Nurses Association, and its president, Joyce Thomas. The defendants are the Supervisors of Riverside County, the county Employee Relations Director, H. A. Cortner, and the county Personnel Director, Mike Snuffin. The plaintiffs alleged that the defendants acted in concert to harass the Nurses Association and to discriminate against its members. 3 Alleged overt acts of the defendants included paying registered…