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Opeta v. Northwest Airlines Pension Plan for Contract Employees

Administrative Law, ERISA, Evidence, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law
A judgment finding that plaintiff was not "totally and permanently" disabled, and therefore ineligible for a disability pension benefit under an...

Barnes v. US

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) suit brought by an individual who fell when taking off her shoes before going through airport security, allegedly...

Bennett v. Southwest Airlines Co.

Civil Procedure, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a case involving several individuals' claims against an airline, an airplane manufacturer and the city of Chicago after a plane ran off a runway...

Ventress v. Japan Airlines

Civil Procedure, International Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
The Friendship, Commerce, and Navigation Treaty between the U.S. and Japan does not preempt California's whistle blower protection laws.

Brodowy v. US

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law
In an action brought by current or former Federal Aviation Administration air traffic controllers seeking to recover pay lost due to the government-s...

Wickersham v. City of Columbia

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Tax-exempt Organizations
An injunction against a nonprofit corporation preventing it from prohibiting certain individual expression during a Memorial Day air show at a...

Mitchell v. Continental Airlines, Inc.

Administrative Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
Dismissal without prejudice of plaintiffs-flight attendants' petition to vacate an arbitration award under the Railway Labor Act (RLA) is affirmed as...

Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. v. Deo't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In case where petitioner increased fees charged at an international terminal at Newark Liberty Airport, final decision principally ordering petitioner...

Alternative Aviation Servs., Inc. v. Meggitt [UK] Ltd.

Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit brought by an aviation equipment-installation company alleging breach of express and implied warranty, fraud, and revocation of acceptance...

Tu v. Nat'l Transp. Safety Bd.

Administrative Law, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
A petition for review of the FAA's 120-day suspension of a pilot's license allegedly for "buzzing" on two flights over Mount Rushmore National...