Legal Opinion
Jack E. Leonard v. United Air Lines, Incorporated
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 12, 1992No. 91-1073PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
Jack Leonard, a pilot for United Air Lines, was recalled to military service in October 1948 to take part in the Berlin Airlift. When he left, he stopped participating in United’s pension plan. On his return in January 1953, Leonard asked permission to make up the contributions he missed between 1948 and 1953. United refused then and refuses now. Leonard sued the company under the Veterans’ Act, 1 38 U.S.C. §§ 2021 et seq. (1988), to recover the “perquisite of seniority” he lost while on active military service. Alabama Power Co. v. Davis, 431 U.S. 581, 589, 97 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Alabama Power Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Goodman v. McDonnell Douglas Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Martin v. Consultants & Administrators, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1992
- Kenneth M. Zelazny v. Richard Lyng, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
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