United States Seventh Circuit

In a labor dispute between United Airlines and the pilots union, district court's grant of preliminary injunction against defendants is affirmed where: 1) plaintiff's claim that defendant engaged in an unlawful job action is not time barred by the statute of limitations; 2) defendant's argument that it made reasonable efforts under the Railway Labor Act to halt the alleged sick-out had no merit; 3) the district court did not err in finding that defendants authorized and/or ratified the unlawful job actions; and 4) the court was within its discretion in finding that an injunction was the only means of assuring compliance with the Railway Labor Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/24/2009
• Decided 03/23/2009
• Published 03/23/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before ROVNER, WOOD and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Tom A. Jerman, Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Michael E. Abram, Attorney, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.