SULLIVAN v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Docket No. 04-0325-CV.

424 F.3d 267 (2005)

John SULLIVAN, John Kennedy, David Virella, and Vincent Argentina, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Stan Roberts, Edwin P. Argonza, II, Michael A. Chiofalo, Albert Gil, and Peter A. Perez, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided September 13, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. O'Neill, New York, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Harry A. Rissetto, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (Thomas E. Reinert, Jr., and Joseph A. Piesco, Jr., on the brief), Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees American Airlines, Inc., Stan Roberts, and Edwin P. Argonza, II.

Before: WALKER, Chief Judge, LEVAL and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


JOHN M. WALKER, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case, union members and employees of American Airlines, were mostly on the losing side of a hard-fought union election. They blame the loss, at least in part, on American, which suspended them during the campaign and then fired them for allegedly posting racist campaign fliers. Although American later reinstated them, the plaintiffs also want their names cleared of the taint of racism flowing from American's conclusion...

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