Legal Opinion
Marilyn Mitchell Kevin Bale Susan Boorstein v. Continental Airlines, Inc. International Association of MacHinists and Aerospace Workers
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 7, 2007No. 05-20791PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants Marilyn Mitchell, Kevin Bale, and Susan Boorstein appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment, dismissing without prejudice their petition to vacate an arbitration award under the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”). 1 For the following reasons, we affirm the district court, concluding that Boorstein failed to exhaust her contractually-created procedural remedies and that Mitchell and Bale lack standing to bring a petition under the RLA.
I. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
A. Background
The plaintiffs are flight attendants for Defendant-Appellee Continental…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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