United States Ninth Circuit

In a Railway Labor Act (RLA) suit alleging a unilateral change in working conditions by Defendant airline, a preliminary injunction in favor of Plaintiffs is reversed, where the parties' disagreement was a "minor dispute" within the meaning of the RLA, for which the exclusive remedy is binding arbitration.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/11/2009
• Decided 06/01/2009
• Published 06/01/2009

Judges

• W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:, Before:  D.W. NELSON, Senior District Judge;  W. FLETCHER and RICHARD C. TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Edward Gilmartin, Deirdre E. Hamilton, Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C., Michael J. Keenan, Ward, Keenan & Barrett, Phoenix, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellee., Joseph L. Manson, III, Marc A. Antonetti, Baker & Hostetler, LLP, Washington, D.C., Stephanie J. Quincy, Bennett Evan Cooper Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, Phoenix, AZ, for the defendants-appellants.