Local Union No. 370, International Union Of Operating Engineers v. Arth E. Detrick

592 F.2d 1045 100 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2798 , 101 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2289 LOCAL UNION NO. 370, INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OPERATING ENGINEERS, Local Union No. 1227, Laborers' International Union of North America, and Robert Townsley, on behalf of himself and all other persons similarly situated, Appellants, v. Arth E. DETRICK, Leo R. Clawson, Artell Suitter, and Bonneville County, Idaho, Appellees. No. 76-1710. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Feb. 8, 1979. Robert S. Moore (argued), Boise, Idaho, for appellants. Dennis M. Olsen (argued), Idaho Falls, Idaho, for appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Idaho. Before GOODWIN and HUG, Circuit Judges, and PALMIERI, * District Judge. PER CURIAM: 1 Unable to compel a county government to bargain collectively under federal Labor Management Relations Acts ( 29 U.S.C. § 152 (2)), two local unions and individual plaintiffs sought to compel the same result by a civil-rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 . They appeal a judgment of dismissal for failure to state a claim. We affirm. 2 Despite counsel's fine-tuning of their pleading to attempt to state a claim for a denial of rights of speech and…