Sullivan v. American Airlines, Inc.

JOHN M. WALKER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case, union members and employees of American Airlines, were mostly on the losing side of a hard-fought union election. They blame the loss, at least in part, on American, which suspended them during the campaign and then fired them for allegedly posting racist campaign fliers. Although American later reinstated them, the plaintiffs also want their names cleared of the taint of racism flowing from American’s conclusion that they posted racist fliers. The plaintiffs also object to campaign fliers posted by their opponents in the election. To…