United States Fifth Circuit

In a dispute over the termination of an airline pilot, a district court order reversing a reinstatement order is reversed where the district court was without a statutory basis for its reversal and its order cannot be sustained on grounds of public policy.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/13/2009
• Published 01/14/2009

Judges

• WIENER, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Teresa S. Valderrama (argued), Jackson Lewis, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Julie Glass, Elizabeth Ginsburg, Air Line Pilots Ass'n Intern., Washington, DC, Matthew Edgar Babcock (argued), James W. Johnson, Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Herndon, VA, Patrick M. Flynn, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.