Legal Opinion
Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International v. Continental Airlines, Inc. (In re Continental Airlines Corp.)
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 25, 1990No. 89-2347PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Today’s case presents the question whether employees whose collective bargaining agreements are rejected in a Chapter 11 bankruptcy are entitled to future wages and benefits as contract rejection damages under 11 U.S.C. § 502(g). Recognizing that the agreements here at issue do not guarantee employment, we hold that the difference between the wages and benefits set out in the agreements and the wages and benefits actually paid under the emergency work rules are recoverable as unsecured claims to the extent that work would have been available had the agreements not been…
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