National Mediation Board v. Continental Airlines Corp. (In Re Continental Airlines Corp.)

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SINGLETON, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Here unfolds yet another chapter in the continuing Continental Airlines bankruptcy saga. This particular chapter involves three parties:

1) the plaintiffs — Continental Airlines Corporation, Continental Airlines Inc., Texas International Airlines, Inc., and TXIA Holding Corporation (collectively “Continental”) — presently operating as a Debtor-In-Possession under the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1101(1), 1107, 1108, 1

2) the defendants — the National Mediation Board and its members (the “NMB” or “Board”) — an independent federal…