LONG v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

No. 86 C 7521.

704 F.Supp. 847 (1989)

Kaphy LONG, Lisa Sharring, Barbara Smith, and Velma Metoyer, individually and on behalf of a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

January 26, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel Witwer, Jr., Richard F. Sarna, Witwer, Burlage, Poltrock & Giampietro, Wayne B. Giampietro, Thomas, R. Meites, Julia E. Getzels, Meites, Frackman & Mulder, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Gordon B. Nash, Jr., Laurence A. Carton, Mark E. Furlane, Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill., Michael A. Katz, Trans World Airlines, New York City, for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ROVNER, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This action was brought by several flight attendants against their employer, Trans World Airlines, Inc. ("TWA"), challenging TWA's failure to provide them with "designated rights" letters after they went on strike and were replaced as employees. The case was certified as a class action on August 18, 1988. The Court subsequently adopted the following definition of the plaintiff...

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