Atonio v. Wards Cove Packing Company, Inc.

10 F.3d 1485 63 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 738 , 63 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 42,715 , 62 USLW 2379 Frank ATONIO; Alan Lew; Curtis Lew; Eugene Bacliq; Joaquin Arruiza; Randy Del Fierro; Barbara Viernes; Clarke Kido; Lester Kuramoto; Margaret Baclig, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WARDS COVE PACKING COMPANY, INC., a foreign corporation; Bumble Bee Seafoods, Inc., a domestic corporation; Columbia Wards Fisheries, Defendants-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor. Nos. 91-35306, 91-35861. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 17, 1992. Decided Dec. 7, 1993. Abraham A. Arditi, Seattle, WA, for plaintiffs-appellants. Douglas M. Fryer, Mikkelborg, Broz, Wells & Fryer, Seattle, WA, for defendants-appellees. Thomas M. Bondy, Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for intervenor. Beatrix W. Shear, Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland & Perretti, Morristown, NJ, Stephen C. Chin, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, and Douglas S. McDowell, McGuiness & Williams, Washington, DC, for amici. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, Justin L. Quackenbush, District Judge, Presiding. Before: WRIGHT, FLETCHER and CANBY,…