Legal Opinion
Long v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 21, 1990No. 89-2214PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, flight attendants for TWA, have brought this suit as a class action in the aftermath of their stormy 1986 strike against that airline. The parties are fighting over whether the plaintiffs were each entitled to receive a piece of paper from TWA. Of course, the paper had significance far beyond the typical memoranda, letters, and notices generated each day by American businesses. Called a “designated rights letter,” the piece of paper that the plaintiffs sought would have entitled them to hiring preferences with other airlines. Because TWA…
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