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Air Line Pilots Ass'n International v. Braniff Airways, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Texas

Decided March 29, 1976No. Civ. A. No. CA3-75-1367-GPublished

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER DENYING TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER AND PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

This suit under the Railway Labor Act, as amended, 45 U.S.C. 151, et seq., turns on the historic and oft-litigated issue of major vs., minor disputes.

The Air Line Pilots Association International (ALPA), purporting to act on behalf of the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA), seeks an injunction to halt enforcement of certain weight regulations for flight attendants set by Braniff Airways, Inc., (Braniff). ALPA contends that mandatory weight standards with…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Williams v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
  5. United Transportation Union v. Penn Central Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974

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