Opinions of the United 2003 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 5-8-2003 Otto v. PA State Ed Assoc Precedential or Non-Precedential: Precedential Docket 01-3858 Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2003 Recommended Citation "Otto v. PA State Ed Assoc" (2003). 2003 Decisions. Paper 516. http://digitalcommons.law.villanova.edu/thirdcircuit_2003/516 This decision is brought to you for free and open access by the Opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit at Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in 2003 Decisions by an authorized administrator of Villanova University School of Law Digital Repository. For more information, please contact Benjamin.Carlson@law.villanova.edu.  PRECEDENTIAL Filed May 8, 2003 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT No. 01-3858 MARSHA OTTO; F. NAYLOR EMORY; DENNIS A. ERB; ROBERT K. GILBERT; JAMES W. LOSSELL; BARBARA J. MCALLEY; WESLEY S. SEMPLE, On behalf of themselves and all other non-members similarly situated v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION-NEA; NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; SHALER AREA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, On behalf of themselves and all other local associations similarly situated Appellants No. 01-4110 MARSHA OTTO; F. NAYLOR EMORY; DENNIS A. ERB; ROBERT K. GILBERT; JAMES W. LOSSELL; BARBARA J. MCALLEY; WESLEY S. SEMPLE, On behalf of themselves and all other non-members similarly situated, Appellants v.  2 PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION-NEA; SHALER AREA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, On behalf of themselves and all other local associations similarly situated; NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; GROVE CITY AREA EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; JANE CAMPBELL; BARBARA LEIBY (D.C. Civil Action No. 96-cv-01233) Present: BECKER, Chief Judge*, SLOVITER, SCIRICA, NYGAARD, ALITO, ROTH, McKEE, BARRY, AMBRO, FUENTES, SMITH and STAPLETON**, Circuit Judges and O’NEILL***, District Judge SUR PETITION FOR PANEL REHEARING WITH SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC The petition for rehearing filed by Appellants having been submitted to the judges who participated in the decision of this Court, and to all the other available circuit judges of the Circuit in regular active service, and a majority of the circuit judges of the Circuit in regular active service not having voted for rehearing by the Court en banc, the petition for rehearing is DENIED. Chief Judge Becker* and Judge Nygaard would have granted rehearing en banc. The judges who participated in the decision of the Court having voted for rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is granted and the opinion and judgment entered April 3, * Judge Becker was Chief Judge at the time for voting on the petition for rehearing. ** Senior Judge Walter K. Stapleton, who sat on the original panel, is limited to panel rehearing only. *** Judge Thomas O’Neill, Jr., United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, sitting by designation, is limited to panel rehearing only.  3 2003 are vacated. An amended opinion is issued as of this date. By the Court, /s/ Thomas L. Ambro Circuit Judge Dated: May 8, 2003 A True Copy: Teste: Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit