NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC. v. INTERNATIONAL ASS'N OF M. & A. W.

No. 27312.

416 F.2d 998 (1969)

NATIONAL AIRLINES, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS AND AEROSPACE WORKERS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

September 23, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph P. Manners, Miami, Fla., Plato E. Papps, Gen. Counsel, IAMAW, Washington, D. C., Manners & Amoon, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

William B. Killian, Jerry B. Crockett, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges, and CHOATE, District Judge.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

This case concerns the status quo or "freeze" provisions of the Railway Labor Act applicable to major disputes. It arises out of a wildcat strike by the carrier's employees while the orderly processes provided by the Act were running their course. The question is whether the carrier, under the unusual circumstances of this case, violated the status quo by discharging strikers who refused to return to work under court order. The district...

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