Legal Opinion
Ackerman v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 15, 1995No. 94-2657PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
John Ackerman and thirty-nine other pilots who were furloughed by Braniff Airways, Inc. in 1982 sued Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) for not hiring them pursuant to the Employee Protection Program (EPP) of *1392the Airline Deregulation Act. 49 U.S.C. §§ 42101-06.1 The district court denied Northwest’s motion for summary judgment or dismissal, but certified three issues for interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b). The certified questions relate to the district court’s conclusions that the EPP is still in force, that pilots hired by Braniff, Inc. in 1984…
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