NELLIS v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASS'N

Nos. 93-1310, 93-1424.

15 F.3d 50 (1994)

Richard B. NELLIS; Andrew R. Hawkins; Stuart Hughes; Edward J. Breen, Jr.; Raymond T. Burke; Edward L. Fugate; Fred K. Testa; William T. Gaffney; Vincent G. Brocklebank, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION; J. Randolph Babbit; Henry A. Duffy; Francis J. Kelker; H.T. Dodge; Robert Shelton; F.C. Dubinsky; Armand Janzen; Jerome Mugerditchian; Richard L. Burke; Charles T. Tully, Defendants-Appellees. Richard B. NELLIS; Andrew R. Hawkins; Stuart Hughes; Edward J. Breen, Jr.; Raymond T. Burke; Edward L. Fugate; Fred K. Testa; William T. Gaffney; Vincent G. Brocklebank, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION; J. Randolph Babbit; Henry A. Duffy; Francis J. Kelker; H.T. Dodge; F.C. Dubinsky; Armand Janzen; Jerome Mugerditchian; Richard L. Burke; Charles T. Tully, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 24, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued: Graeme Webster Bush, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC, for appellants. James Leon Linsey, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for appellees. On Brief: James Sottile, IV, Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered, Washington, DC, for appellants. Stephen Presser, Cohen, Weiss & Simon, New York City, for appellees.

Before HAMILTON, Circuit Judge, CHAPMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and KAUFMAN, Senior United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, sitting by designation.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This case arises out of the dissolution of Eastern Airlines and involves a labor dispute between the pilots' union and former Eastern pilots. The bulk of the facts recited in this opinion are taken from the two district court opinions below.

Appellants are nine named plaintiffs who represent a class of over 2,400 former Eastern airline pilots. The latter were on the seniority list as of March 4, 1989, the date on which Eastern...

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