Legal Opinion
Continental Airlines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 13, 2009No. 07-20835PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Captain Ronald McWhirter, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association (“ALPA”), appeals an order by the district court reversing the reinstatement order of the System Board of Adjustment (“SBA”), a creature of the Collective Bargaining Agreement (“CBA”) between his employer, Continental Airlines, Inc. (“Continental”) and ALPA. He claims that the district court failed to give the proper deference owed to the decision of the SBA and that the SBA decision does not contravene public policy. Concluding that the district court was without a statutory basis for its reversal…
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