ATKINS v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. 91-3179MN.

967 F.2d 1197 (1992)

H. William ATKINS; Robert C. Askeland; Robert I. Bromschwig; Raymond I. Cornforth; George Duggan; Herbert F. Ewald; Stanley V. Gomoll; Stephen Hanto; Claud L. Johnson; Milan K. Johnson; Robert E. Krueger; Earl Lunde; Santino H. Mazzu; Richard S. Ohrbeck; Neil E. Potts; William P. Roberts; Wayne L. Twito; Max Wiley, for and in behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.; Northwest Airlines, Inc., Retirement Plan for Pilot Employees; Air Line Pilots Association, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Fay, Washington, D.C. (argued), for appellants.

Eric J. Magnuson, Minneapolis, Minn. (argued), for appellees.

Before McMILLIAN, JOHN R. GIBSON, and MAGILL, Circuit Judges.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant pilots appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment against them on various age discrimination claims relating to Northwest Airlines, Inc.'s pension plan. The district court1 found that Northwest's pilot pension plan did not violate statutory prohibitions on age discrimination in pension accrual. We affirm.

I.

Appellants are seventeen current or retired Northwest pilots who worked...

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