Legal Opinion
Jones v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, International
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 17, 2011No. 10-5215PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
In the district court, plaintiff James Jones challenged the constitutionality of a provision of the Fair Treatment for Experienced Pilots Act (FTEPA), 49 U.S.C. § 44729, which allows some pilots, but not him, to take advantage of Congress’s decision to raise the mandatory retirement age from 60 to 65. Jones also alleged that his former employer, Continental Airlines, and his former union, the Air Line Pilots Association, violated a state law banning age discrimination in employment by failing to place him in a…
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