LEONARD v. UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

No. 91-1073.

972 F.2d 155 (1992)

Jack E. LEONARD, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED AIR LINES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 12, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Foreman, U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., Chicago, Ill., Helene Boetticher, Sharon E. Hanley (argued), Dept. of Labor, Office of the Sol., Washington, D.C., Michele M. Fox, Asst. U.S. Atty., Civ. Div., Appellate Section, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Wilber H. Boies (argued), Paul L. Langer, David S. Finch, McDermott, Will & Emery, J. Craig Busey, United Air Lines, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUDAHY and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Jack Leonard, a pilot for United Air Lines, was recalled to military service in October 1948 to take part in the Berlin Airlift. When he left, he stopped participating in United's pension plan. On his return in January 1953, Leonard asked permission to make up the contributions he missed between 1948 and 1953. United refused then and refuses now. Leonard sued the company under the Veterans' Act,1 38 U.S.C. §...

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