George W. Bonin v. American Airlines, Inc. And the American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Plan

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff filed this action pursuant to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 [ERISA], 29 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq., seeking primarily to recover his benefits, to enforce his rights, and to clarify his rights to future benefits under the terms of the American Airlines, Inc. Pilot Retirement Benefit Plan. The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the district court properly dismissed the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction because the wrongfulness of plaintiff’s discharge had not yet been decided by arbitration under the Railway Labor…