Cummings v. Connell

316 F.3d 886 Christine A. CUMMINGS; Janet Taylor Darvas; Richard K. Dehart; Christopher Garbani; Patricia A. McCumsey; Daniel Nowalis; and Claudia Stewart, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Kathleen CONNELL, Controller, State of California; Marty Morgenstern, Director, California Department of Personnel Administration, Defendants/Cross-Appellees, and California State Employees Association, Local 1000, Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO-CLC, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee. No. 01-16735. No. 01-16819. No. 01-17445. No. 01-17450. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted November 4, 2002. Filed January 9, 2003. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED W. James Young, National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Inc., Springfield, VA, for the plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants. Leslie R. Lopez, Deputy Attorney General, Office of the State Attorney General, Sacramento, CA, for defendant/cross-appellee Kathleen Connell. Warren C. Stracener, Assistant Chief Counsel, Department of Personnel Administration, State of California, Sacramento, CA, for defendant/cross-appellee Marty Morgenstern. Eileen B. Goldsmith (argued) and Jeffrey B. Demain,…