Lee RAKESTRAW, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants,
v.
UNITED AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee,
v.
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.
David A. HAMMOND, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION and Trans World Airlines, Inc., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued February 24, 1992.
Decided December 28, 1992.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas R. Meites, Michael M. Mulder (argued), Paul W. Mollica, Laurie A. Wardell, Meites, Frackman, Mulder & Burger, Chicago, IL, Walter H. Fleischer, DC, for plaintiff-appellees.
Michael B. Erp, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, IL, Michael E. Abram (argued), in Nos. 91-2535 and 91-2285, Stephen Presser, Peter Herman, Tamir W. Rosenblum, Joseph J. Vitale, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Intern. in Nos. 91-2535, 91-2503, 91-2502, 91-2416 and 91-2285.
Duane M. Kelley, Robert W. Tarun, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Michael E. Abram (argued), New York City, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, Robert A. Siegel (argued), Victoria D. Stratman, Tom A. Jerman, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for United Air Lines, Inc. in Nos. 91-2503 and 91-2416.
Michael B. Erp, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, IL, Stephen Presser, Peter Herman, Tamir W. Rosenblum, Joseph J. Vitale, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City for Air Line Pilots Association, Intern. in No. 91-2417.
Duane M. Kelley, Robert W. Tarun, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Michael E. Abram (argued), Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, Robert A. Siegel (argued), Tom A. Jerman, O'Melveny & Myers, Los Angeles, CA, for United Air Lines in Nos. 91-2417 and 91-2502.
Eugene J. Schiltz, Kenneth Philip Ross, Robert F. Coleman (argued), Coleman & Associates, Chicago, IL, for David A. Hammond, Terry D. Atkins, Kenneth N. Baldwin, Gregory N. Dohin, K. Richard Kloeppel and H.M. Smith.
Patricia J. Hruby, Thomas J. Piskorski (argued), Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, Michael A. Katz, Trans World Airlines, Legal Dept., Mt. Kisco, NY, for Trans World Airlines, Inc.
Irving M. Friedman, Michael B. Erp, Stanley Eisenstein, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, IL, Stephen B. Moldof (argued), Michael L. Winston, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for Air Line Pilots Ass'n, Intern. in No. 91-2957.
Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Two cases present a common question: does a union's duty of fair representation under the Railway Labor Act block the union from adjusting seniority in a way known to favor some employees over others? Both of these cases arise out of trauma at an airline: in one case its acquisition by a larger carrier, and in the other a strike followed by the hiring of replacement pilots.
In each case the union (the Air Line Pilots Association...
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