Legal Opinion
Ralph Wells v. Southern Airways, Inc., Air Line Pilots Association, International
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1980No. 77-2996PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RANDALL, Circuit Judge:
Ralph Wells, Plaintiff below, is a former pilot for Southern Airways, Inc. (Southern), employed by them from June 1960 until his discharge in 1969. The Air Line Pilots As sociation, International (ALPA) is a labor organization representing airline pilots, under the Railway Labor Act, on almost all United States airlines, including Southern. Although ALPA is Wells’ authorized bargaining representative, Wells has never been a member of ALPA, and in fact Wells worked as a pilot for Southern for the duration of an ALPA-sanctioned pilots’ strike against the airline between…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. FoustSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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