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Merritt v. Int'l Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers

Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Sanctions
In a labor suit brought by Northwest Airlines Quality Service Agents (QSAs) against a labor organization and others, claiming that between 2000 and...

CareFlite v. AFL-CIO

Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law
In an action seeking a declaratory judgment that certain disputes between an airline pilot union and plaintiff-airline were not arbitrable under the...

Air Transp. Ass'n of Am. v. US Dept. of Transp.

Administrative Law, Government Law, Transportation
In a petition for review of amendments to the Department of Transportation's (DOT) 1996 Policy Regarding Airport Rates and Charges allowing an airport...

Elassaad v. Independence Air, Inc.

Government Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit against an airline for injuries sustained when he fell while disembarking from an airplane at the Philadelphia International...

Ray v. Am. Airlines, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a purported class action lawsuit against American Airlines alleging claims for false imprisonment and negligence arising from a nine hour tarmac...

Torraco v. Port Auth.

Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
In a challenge to the actions taken by defendant-police officers when plaintiffs attempted to transport unloaded firearms in checked baggage through...

Younis v. Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In plaintiff's suit for employment discrimination and retaliation under Title VII, claiming that he was terminated from his position as a pilot with...

Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. US Airways Group

Contracts, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In an airline pilots union's suit to establish and arbitrate before a multi-employer, multi-union board of adjustment, district court's dismissal of...

Turner v. NTSB

Administrative Law, Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Transportation
In pilots' petition for review of the National Transportation Safety Board's order reversing an attorney's fee award to petitioners against the...

Rogers v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.

Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law
In plaintiff's suit against a manufacturer of the helicopter she was piloting at the time of her crash, a grant of defendant's motion in limine to...