Legal Opinion
Soldinger v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 27, 1996No. B084660PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ALDRICH, J.
This case involves the scope of federal preemption under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 United States Code section 151 et seq. The primary question presented is whether an airline employee may pursue available state law remedies against her employer for religious discrimination, retaliation, and failure to accommodate her religious beliefs or whether she may seek redress only through the RLA’s arbitral mechanism. Under the facts of this case, we hold the RLA does not preempt the employee’s civil lawsuit since her grievance does not grow out of the interpretation or…
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