Bybee

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 HARRY BEIER, et al., Case No. 18-cv-06632-JD

Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE MOTIONS TO DISMISS

v. 9 Re: Dkt. Nos. 42, 43 INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS, et al., 11 Defendants.

12 This is an action brought by airline mechanics against their union and their employer airline. Defendants’ motions to dismiss plaintiffs’ first amended complaint are dismissed in part and granted in part, with leave to amend. Dkt. Nos. 42, 43. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs Harry Beier, John Scholz, Kevin Bybee and Sally Dill are United Airlines (“UAL”) mechanics and Teamster union members. Dkt. No. 37 (First Amended Complaint or “FAC”) ¶¶ 9-14. The amended complaint challenges the way their retirement benefit options were handled by the Teamsters and United Airlines in connection with the airline’s bankruptcy proceedings in 2002, and subsequent merger with Continental Airlines. Central to the lawsuit is Letter of Agreement 05-03M (“LOA 05-03M”), which was …