RODRIGUEZ v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC.

No. 86-1633.

816 F.2d 24 (1987)

Manuel RODRIGUEZ, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. EASTERN AIR LINES, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 15, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco Ponsa-Flores with whom Francisco Ponsa-Feliu, Edda Ponsa-Flores, and Lawrence E. Duffy, San Juan, P.R., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Enrique Figueroa-Llinas with whom Carlos Bobonis-Gonzalez, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before COFFIN, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOWNES, Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Eastern Air Lines, Inc. (Eastern) appeals a judgment requiring it to calculate seniority for its employees in Puerto Rico in accordance with the Commonwealth's wrongful discharge statute, Act. No. 80 of May 30, 1976, P.R. Laws Ann. tit. 29, § 185a-l (1985) ("Law 80"). Such an approach differs from that used in determining the seniority of all its other employees. We conclude that...

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