JOHNSON v. AIR LINE PILOTS IN SERV. OF N. W. AIRLINES

No. 80-1510.

650 F.2d 133 (1981)

David A. JOHNSON et al., Appellants, v. The AIR LINE PILOTS IN the SERVICE OF NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., as represented by The Air Line Pilots Association, International, and Northwest Airlines, Inc., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 28, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied June 24, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelley, Torrison & O'Neill, by James C. O'Neill (argued), Saint Paul, Minn., for appellants.

Gary Green (argued), and John F. Depenbrock, Jr., Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee Air Line Pilots Association, Int'l.

Dorsey, Windhorst, Hannaford, Whitney & Halladay, Minneapolis, Minn., Peyton H. Moss (argued), Poletti, Freidin, Prashker, Feldman & Gartner, New York City, for defendant-appellee Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, ROSS, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied June 24, 1981.

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from summary judgments granted in favor of both defendants, Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) and Northwest Airlines, Inc.

The appellants are a group of former pilot employees of Northwest Airlines who were laid off in 1970 and who have not flown for the airline since that time. The appellants' seniority rights and their rights of recall to...

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