INTERN. BROTH. OF TEAMSTERS v. FRONTIER AIRLINES

No. 10-2291.

628 F.3d 402 (2010)

INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF TEAMSTERS AIRLINE DIVISION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FRONTIER AIRLINES, INC., and Republic Airways Holding, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 13, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marianne G. Robbins (argued), Attorney, Previant, Goldberg, Uelmen, Gratz, Miller & Brueggeman, Milwaukee, WI, Edward M. Gleason, Jr. , Attorney, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, William R. Wilder , Attorney, Baptiste & Wilder, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

David Lucey , Attorney, Foley & Lardner LLP, Milwaukee, WI, Norman A. Quandt (argued), Attorney, Ford & Harrison, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before POSNER, KANNE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal by the defendant airlines from the grant of a preliminary injunction to a labor union presents a novel question under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., which despite its name also governs labor relations in the airline industry.

On October 1 of last year, Republic Airways, a holding company that already owned a number of airlines, added Frontier Airlines to its collection. Soon afterward it...

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