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Nature of Suit Code: 720
Nature of Suit: Labor Management Relations Act
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PUBLISH 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

JOHN P, HERRERA, III and ) 

DEBORAH HERRERA, ) 

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Plaintiffs - Appellants, ) 

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INTERNATIONAL UNION, UNITED AUTOMOBILE, ) 

AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURE IMPLEMENT ) 

WORKERS OF AMERICA; LOCAL UNION 31, UNITED ) 

AUTOMOBILE AEROSPACE AND AGRICULTURAL ) 

IMPLEMENT WORKERS OF AMERICA, UAW; GENERAL ) 

MOTORS CORPORATION; L.D. EDWARDS, an ) 

individual; CHARLIE KNOTT, an individual; ) 

E.D. LYMAN, an individual; JOE POWELL, an ) 

individual; CLINT SIMMONS, an individual; ) 

JOE LIGGINS, an individual; RENE GARCIA, an ) 

individual; BUD CARROLL, an individual; ) 

JOHN L. MELTON, an individual, ) 

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Defendants - Appellees, ) 

JFIJLED . United States court of A;lpCO.J Tenth Circuit 

JAN 11 1996 

PATRiCK FISHER 

C\er:;: 

No. 94-3301 

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS 

(D.C. No. 92-CV-2132) 

William S. Robbins, Jr., The Robbins Group,' Kansas City, Missouri, 

for the Appellants. 

David W. Whipple, Whipple Law Firm, Kansas City, Missouri (M. Jay 

Whitman, Associate General Counsel, International Union, UAW, 

Detroit, Michigan, with him on the brief) for Appellees UAW and 

all individually named defendants. 

R. Kent Sellers (Jack J. Gates, with him on the brief) Gage & 

Tucker, Kansas City, Missouri, for Appellee General Motors 

Corporation. 

Appellate Case: 94-3301 Document: 01019280376 Date Filed: 01/11/1996 Page: 1 
Before TACHA and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and ELLISON,l 

District Judge, 

TACHA, Circuit Judge. 

This dispute arose out of an alleged agreement between 

defendants General Motors Corporation ( 11 GW1 ) and the United Auto 

Workers ( 11UAW11 ) to reduce the number of slots in a job security 

program. Plaintiffs John P. Herrera, III, and Deborah Herrera, GM 

employees and UAW members, asserted claims under § 301 of the 

Labor Management Relations Act of 1947, 29 u.s.c. § 185, the 

Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 u.s.c. § 

411 et seq., the National Labor Relations Act, 29 u.s.c. § 159(a), 

the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, 29 u.s.c. § 

1101 et seq., and Title IX of the Organized Crime Control Act of 

1970 (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations), 18 U.S.C. § 

1961 et seg. The district court granted summary judgment for the 

defendants on all claims, and plaintiffs appeal. We exercise 

jurisdiction pursuant to 28 u.s.c. § 1291 and affirm. 

We review the district court's order of summary judgment de 

novo. Applied Genetics v. First Affiliated Securities, 912 F.2d 

1238, 1241 (lOth Cir. 1990), In so doing, we examine the factual 

record and inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the 

party opposing summary judgment. ~ 

After careful review of the record, we adopt the analysis in 

the Memorandum and Order of the district court. Herrer% v. UAW, 

lThe Honorable James 0. Ellison, Senior District Judge, United 

States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, 

sitting by designation. 

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Appellate Case: 94-3301 Document: 01019280376 Date Filed: 01/11/1996 Page: 2 
858 F. Supp. 1529 (D. Kan. 1994). We therefore AFFIRM the 

judgment of the district court. 

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