MITCHELL v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

No. 05-20791.

481 F.3d 225 (2007)

Marilyn MITCHELL; Kevin Bale; Susan Boorstein, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.; International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 7, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol L. Nelkin (argued), Stuart M. Nelkin, Jay P. Nelkin, Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Jon A. Geier, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Washington, DC, Louis K. Obdyke, IV, Houston TX, Kelly Jean Koelker, Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Atlanta, GA, for Continental Airlines.

John A. Edmond (argued), Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, Washington, DC, Marc A. Zito, Houston, TX, for Intern. Ass'n of Mach. & Aerospace Workers.

Before KING, WIENER, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs-Appellants Marilyn Mitchell, Kevin Bale, and Susan Boorstein appeal the district court's grant of summary judgment, dismissing without prejudice their petition to vacate an arbitration award under the Railway Labor Act ("RLA").1 For the following reasons, we affirm the district court, concluding that Boorstein failed to exhaust her contractually-created procedural remedies and that Mitchell and Bale lack...

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