LEBOW v. AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC.

No. 95-2665.

86 F.3d 661 (1996)

Mark B. LEBOW, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Leng (argued), Leng, Stowell, Friedman & Vernon, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles R. McKirdy, James D. Roberts, Rudnick & Wolfe, Chicago, IL, John J. Gallagher, Jon A. Geier (argued), Randall M. Stone, Neal David Mollen, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before ESCHBACH, FLAUM and MANION, Circuit Judges.


FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This case requires us to answer two questions of first impression in any United States Court of Appeals: whether an employee suing an employer under the Railway Labor Act for discharging him because of his union-organizing activities is entitled (1) to a jury trial and (2) to seek punitive damages. We hold that he is entitled to both, and we reverse and remand for further proceedings.

In June 1991, American Trans Air (ATA) fired Mark...

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