Legal Opinion
Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 14, 1990No. 87-4167PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NELSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Air Line Pilots Association (“ALPA” or “Union”), which represents Alaska Airlines (“Alaska”) pilots in collective bargaining negotiations, seeks to challenge respondent’s implementation of a new employee drug testing program. The district court denied ALPA’s request for an injunction, finding that the dispute was a “minor” one under the Railway Labor Act (“the Act”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188, and was therefore outside the scope of federal jurisdiction. In denying the injunction, the court also decided the merits of the case and entered summary judgment for the…
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