Leonard v. Clark

12 F.3d 885 145 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2142 Randy LEONARD, Grant Coffey, Tom Chamberlain, Richard Grace, Manuel Fagundes, Portland Fire Fighters Association, Local 43 I.A.F.F., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.E. CLARK, Richard Bogle, Earl Blumenauer, Mike Lindberg, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 91-35770. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 4, 1992. Decided Dec. 27, 1993. As Amended March 8, 1994. Kathryn T. Whalen, Bennett & Durham, Portland, OR, for plaintiffs-appellants. Marianna Kanwit, Deputy City Atty., Portland, OR, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon. Before: TANG, BRUNETTI, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. BRUNETTI, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants, the Portland Fire Fighters Association (the "Union") and several of its individual members (the "individual plaintiffs"), brought a 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983 action against appellees, the City of Portland and several of its officials (collectively, the "City"). The Union and the individual plaintiffs sought to have the district court declare a provision of its collective bargaining agreement with the City a violation of the First Amendment and…