LEA v. REPUBLIC AIRLINES, INC.

No. 89-15088.

903 F.2d 624 (1990)

William LEA, Don Trevey, Frank Veskerna, William Brown, Paul Murphy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. REPUBLIC AIRLINES, INC., a corporation, Northwest Airlines, Inc., a corporation, successor in interest to Republic Airlines, Inc., Air Line Pilots Association, an association, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 3, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin C. Sewell, Douglas M. Edwards, Edwards, Kolesar & Sewell, Edward J. Hanigan, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary Green, Eugene B. Granof, Elizabeth A. Ginsburg, Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Washington, D.C., for Air Line Pilots Ass'n.

Richard J. Omata and Gregory C. Sisk, Karr Tuttle & Campbell, Seattle, Wash., for Republic Airlines, Inc.

Before SNEED, FARRIS and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


SNEED, Circuit Judge:

William J. Lea and four other former airline pilots1 appeal a summary judgment against them in their suit against Republic Airlines, Inc. (Republic) and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA). Appellants claim that Republic, their former employer, violated the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), and that ALPA, their collective bargaining representative, violated ERISA and breached its duty of...

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