United States Seventh Circuit

Mandatory arbitration provisions of the Railway Labor Act preclude a railway employee's Americans with Disabilities Act claim where the merits of the federal claim depend upon the interpretation of the parties' collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/22/2001
• Decided 06/20/2001
• Published 06/20/2001

Judges

• BAUER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael W. Rathsack (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant., Dori K. Bernstein (argued), Equal Employment Opportunity Com'n, Washington, DC, Amicus Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Edward N. Druck, Ronald A. Lane (argued), Franczek & Sullivan, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.