Legal Opinion
Ellis v. United Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1996No. Nos. 94-1351, 95-1034PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs Crist Ellis (“Ellis”) and Norma Wong-Larkin (“Wong-Larkin”) filed this action against United Air Lines, Inc. (“United”) after United refused to hire them as flight attendants when they applied for positions following the bankruptcy of their former employer Frontier Airlines (“Frontier”). Plaintiffs contended that United’s refusal to hire them violated (1) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”), codified as amended at 29 U.S.C. §§ 621-34; and (2) the Airline Deregulation Act (“ADA”), codified as amended at 49 U.S.C. §§ 42101-63 (formerly codified at 49…
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