Childress v. Darby Lumber, Inc.

357 F.3d 1000 Sharon CHILDRESS; Dwayne Springer; Mike Frisbie; Stuart Ingraham; Rick Buchanan; Scott Rotering; Phillip Cook; David Hall; Tari Conroy; Lyle Goracke; Robert Hackel; Gerald Behling; Brandon Zeiler; Ray Luchi; Randy Rennaker; Dan Wiseman, Jr.; Dan Wiseman, Sr.; Greg Holt; Steven Mossbrucker; and Dave Osborn, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. DARBY LUMBER, INC. a Montana corporation; and Bob Russell Construction Inc. an Idaho corporation, Defendants-Appellants. No. 01-35764. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted April 9, 2003. Filed February 6, 2004. 1 COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Richard A. Reep and Robert T. Bell of Reep, Spoon & Gordon P.C., Missoula, MT, for the defendants/appellants. 2 Lon J. Dale and G. Patrick HagEstad of Milodragovich, Dale, Steinbrenner & Binney, P.C. of Missoula, MT, for the plaintiffs/appellees. 3 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana; Donald W. Molloy, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-99-16-M-DWM. 4 Before D.W. NELSON, THOMAS, Circuit Judges, and ILLSTON, District Judge. * OPINION ILLSTON, District Judge: 5 Darby Lumber and Bob Russell…