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POKUTA v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.

No. 98-3697.

191 F.3d 834 (1999)

Sandra POKUTA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur R. Ehrlich (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas J. Piskorski, Deborah A. Kop (argued), Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before BAUER, FLAUM, and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

Trans World Airlines ("TWA") discharged Sandra Pokuta from its employ after she engaged in an altercation with other TWA employees. A three-member board of arbitration later concluded by a two-to-one vote that the company had just cause to terminate her. Pokuta then filed suit under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 153 First (q), seeking to have the decision of the arbitrators overturned. The district court dismissed her...

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