Legal Opinion
Loren L. Florey v. Air Line Pilots Association, International and Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided May 18, 1978No. 77-1904PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellant, Loren L. Florey, a retired commercial airline pilot, instituted this suit against his former employer, Northwest Airlines, Inc. (NWA), and his former labor union Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Florey made various allegations of impropriety in connection with the revocation of his first class medical certificate by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and with his subsequent “forced retirement.”
The district court 1 dismissed the action against both defendants for failure to state a claim. We affirm.
The opinion of the district court,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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