Legal Opinion
Norman Sykes v. Texas Air Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 23, 1987No. 86-2975PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Texas Air Corporation removed this case from the state courts of Texas on the ground that it was related to a case in bankruptcy. The district court held that there was no bankruptcy jurisdiction and remanded the case to the state courts. Texas Air asks us to review the district court’s decision. Because we cannot, we dismiss the appeal.
A. Facts and Prior Proceedings
The plaintiffs are airline pilots who were employed by Continental Airlines at the time that it began bankruptcy proceedings in 1983. Continental rejected its collective bargaining agreement with the Air Line…
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