ROBINSON v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 89-7161.

908 F.2d 1020 (1990)

Cecil Alfred ROBINSON, Jr., Appellant v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pierre Murphy, with whom Robert M. Beckman and David M. Kirstein, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Gregory S. Lewis, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Before BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge, ROBINSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and WILLIAM H. TIMBERS, Senior Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit.


Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

BUCKLEY, Circuit Judge:

The Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 provides for the preferential hiring of certain categories of employees who may have lost their jobs as a result of the deregulation of the industry. Cecil Alfred Robinson brought suit against American Airlines, Inc. on a claim that he had been denied the right of first hire provided him by the Act. Because there is ample record evidence supporting...

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