Legal Opinion
Alaska Airlines v. Judy Schurke
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 25, 2017No. 13-35574PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Dissent by Judge CHRISTEN
OPINION
KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is a Railway Labor Act preemption case. We decide, not the merits of the case, but which entity should decide upon the merits, the State of Washington, or the System Adjustment Board established *1083pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.
Facts.
Though this became a dispute between the airline and a state agency and union, it arises out of a dispute between a flight attendant and the airline about her sick leave. The flight attendant, Laura Masser-ant, called in sick in May, to care for her son who was ill. She proposed to…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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