United States Ninth Circuit

The district court's dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction of a complaint brought by flight attendants under the Railway Labor Act, 42 U.S.C. 152, was upheld, and the matter held to be subject to arbitration per collective bargaining agreement.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/05/2002
• Published 02/05/2002

Judges

• ROLL, District Judge., Before:  KLEINFELD and GOULD, Circuit Judges, and ROLL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Edward J. Gilmartin, Association of Flight Attendants, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC, for the plaintiff-appellant., William B. Knowles, Law Offices of William B. Knowles, Seattle, WA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Scott and Eric D. Lansverk, Hillis Clark Martin & Peterson, P.S., Seattle, WA, for the defendant-appellee.