Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. US Airways Group, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge KING and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:
This case involves an effort by a union of airline pilots to use the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., to compel several airlines, the airlines’ holding company, and another union to establish and arbitrate before a multi-employer, multi-union board of adjustment. We hold, however, that plaintiffs claim is foreclosed by the plain language of Section 204 of the RLA, id. § 184, which permits but does not require such a board of…
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