Legal Opinion
Bensel v. Allied Pilots Ass'n
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided December 17, 2009No. Civil Action 02-2917 (JEI)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
IRENAS, Senior District Judge:
This Second Amended Complaint arises under the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188. Plaintiffs, a class of former TWA pilots, allege the Air Line Pilots Association (“ALPA”) breached its duty of fair representation owed to them during the TWA, Inc.-American Airlines assets acquisition. The gravamen of Plaintiffs’ complaint is that ALPA’s underlying conflict of interest in trying to merge unions with the American pilots, infected the entire process of the assets acquisition so much so that ALPA breached its duty of fair representation.…
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