KAUFMAN v. ALLIED PILOTS ASS'N

No. 00-11223.

274 F.3d 197 (2001)

Richard KAUFMAN, Etc.; et al., Plaintiffs, Richard Kaufman, Dr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Jack Marut, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; C. Anthony Wainsright, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Jeffrey Krasnoff, Dr., on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ALLIED PILOTS ASSOCIATION; et al., Defendants, Allied Pilots Association; Richard T. Lavoy; Brian A. Mayhew; David Aldrich; Stanley Bissell; J.S. Ditty; Ernest Dryer; David Duquemin; Mark Hunnibel; Jeff Marchand; Steve Roach; Randy Trommer, Defendants-Appellants. Steven Carli, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated; Shon Prejean, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Allied Pilots Association; Richard T. Lavoy; Brian A. Mayhew, Defendants-Appellants. Center For Rehabilitative Medicine, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allied Pilots Association, Defendant-Appellant. Jim Cashion, Individually and on behalf of the Plaintiff Class; Joellen Cashion, Individually and on behalf of the Plaintiff Class, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Allied Pilots Association; et al., Defendants, Allied Pilots Association; Richard T. Lavoy; Brian A. Mayhew; L.G. Foster; Robert Ames; Norman A. Patterson, Jr.; Dennis M. Breslin, Defendants-Appellants. Mark Lewis, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Allied Pilots Association; Richard T. Lavoy; Brian A. Mayhew, Defendants-Appellants. Nancy Geidel; et al., Plaintiffs, Nancy Geidel; Ralph A. MacDonald; Mary C. Cascino; Dave Rogers; Carolyn Rogers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Allied Pilots Association, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 21, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russel H. Beatie, Jr. (argued), Beatie & Osborn, New York City, David Glenn Tekell, Malesovas, Martin & Tekell, Waco, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Steven K. Hoffman, Edgar Neville James, Kathy L. Krieger (argued), James & Hoffman, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants.

James B. Coppess, Washington, DC, for American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Amicus Curiae.

Jerry D. Anker, Airline Pilots Association International, Marcus Charles Migliore, Washington, DC, for Airline Pilots Association International, Amicus Curiae.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BARKSDALE and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

A union of airline pilots violated the order of a federal court by continuing its work slowdown. The union has since paid substantial fines for violating the order and now faces suits seeking money damages under state law for the stoppage damages caused by the slowdown activity that violated the court order. These claimants attempt to run their state claims around Garmon preemption under an argument that state law would...

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