Legal Opinion
Rodriguez v. Eastern Airlines, Inc.
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
Decided May 20, 1986No. Civ. No. 83-2073 HLPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
LAFFITTE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, Manuel Rodríguez, Herminio Romero and Ramón Abreu, employees of defendant Eastern Airlines, Inc. (“Eastern”) filed this action for Declaratory Judgment under Puerto Rico’s Rule 591 in the Superior Court of Puerto Rico. Defendant removed the case to this court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. sect. 1441(a).
Plaintiffs claim that Eastern’s seniority policy is in violation of Puerto Rico’s wrongful discharge statute, Law 80, 29 L.P.R.A. sect. 185 et seq. (“Law 80”). Among other relief prayed for, plaintiffs ask the court to declare invalid Eastern’s…
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