ACKERMAN v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC.

No. 94-2657.

54 F.3d 1389 (1995)

John W. ACKERMAN; Darrell F. Alessi; Gary Alleman; Richard A. Brannock; Ronald G. Brown; Lloyd D. Bryant; Robert W. Burk; Howard Carr; E.R. Christian; Dale Cross; Thomas E. Davis; August Draffkorn; Roger L. Duncan; Robert T. Freeman; William D. Freeman; Arbie J. Gest; Edward J. Godek; William Good; Edward S. Hodge; James C. Hook; Estate of William H. Jackson; John O. Johnson; James B. Jones; Frank J. Kaberna; Donald G. Kelly; William J. Koberick; Richard D. Luthi; Jerry L. Myers; Roger Neale; Robert Nolden; Benny C. Reynolds; W. Don Shelby; Paul E. Schueler; Kenneth L. Sukla; Thomas Tweeddale; Richard R. Walker; Maynard D. Week; Robert L. Williams; Lewis Woolery; Gerald Stack, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 15, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied June 26, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Gallagher of Washington, DC, argued (Margaret H. Spurlin, Kenneth M. Willner, Thomas W. Tinkham and Perry M. Wilson, on brief), for appellant.

Carl H. Hoffman, Coral Gables, FL, argued (Stuart A. Goldstein and Stephen D. Gordon, on brief), for appellee.

Before MAGILL, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied June 26, 1995.

DIANA E. MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

John Ackerman and thirty-nine other pilots who were furloughed by Braniff Airways, Inc. in 1982 sued Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) for not hiring them pursuant to the Employee Protection Program (EPP) of the Airline Deregulation Act. 49 U.S.C. §§ 42101-06.1 The district...

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