Legal Opinion
Fenderson v. Independent Federation of Flight Attendants
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 10, 1990No. 89 Civ. 1655 (LLS)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
STANTON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs Gregory Fenderson, James Summers and Carmelo Torre are flight attendants employed by defendant Trans World Airlines (“TWA”). They move for partial summary judgment, seeking a determination that defendants have violated section 2, Eleventh (a) of the Railway Labor Act (the “RLA”), 45 U.S.C. § 152, Eleventh (a) (1982).
BACKGROUND
TWA and defendant the Independent Federation of Flight Attendants (the “IFFA” or “union”) are parties to a collective bargaining agreement. That agreement contains a union security clause requiring that TWA flight…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Communications Workers of America v. BeckSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- National Labor Relations Board v. International Union of Operating Engineers, Local No. 139Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Brady v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.District Court, D. Delaware · 1959
- National Labor Relations Board v. Kaiser Steel Corporation and Laborers' International Union of North America, Local No. 1184Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
3Cited by1 opinion
- Fenderson v. INDEP. FED. OF FLIGHT ATTENDANTSDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990