November 15, 2022
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union doesn't owe damages to a dock operator for millions in equipment transferred to the Port of Portland when the company ended its lease after the union's work stoppages dating back to 2012, an Oregon federal judge ruled in the $19 million suit.
January 18, 2022
A longshore union may have to cough up $19 million to a port operator after the Ninth Circuit said Tuesday that it can't review the union's failed bid for a new trial on claims that it illegally enmeshed the company in slowdowns at the Port of Portland.
June 01, 2020
A federal court has ruled that a dockworkers union that lost a trial against the Port of Portland over lost business can immediately appeal to the Ninth Circuit a mandate that it face either $19 million in damages or a new trial, saying there are important questions of law to resolve first.
March 06, 2020
A federal judge has slashed an Oregon port operator's $93.6 million jury award against a dockworkers union whose boycotts caused the operator's business to nosedive, saying the company can either accept $19 million or face a new damages trial.
November 05, 2019
A former Oregon port operator scored a $93.6 million verdict after a federal jury determined that unlawful boycotts carried out by the port's union-backed dock workers caused business to take a nosedive.