Legal Opinion
In Re United Airlines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 31, 2009No. 08-3428, 08-3429UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
These consolidated appeals arise from Peter Hoffman’s unsuccessful claim in the United Airlines bankruptcy. Hoffman worked for United in ground operations for six months during 1992, earning $7 per hour. He resigned at the end of his probationary period. United maintains that Hoffman resigned to avoid being fired for unsatisfactory performance, but Hoffman alleged in a later lawsuit that he resigned in exchange for United’s oral promise to process his application for a “competitive transfer” to a job as a pilot. United never processed that application. The breach-of-contract case…
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