WEILAND v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

No. 11-56088.

778 F.3d 1112 (2015)

Henry J. WEILAND, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 2, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John S. Lopatto III (argued), Law Offices, Washington, D.C.; Richard A. Voll , Law Offices, Ridgewood, NJ, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert Jon Hendricks (argued) and Larry M. Lawrence , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Los Angeles, CA; Donald L. Havermann , and David R. Broderdorf , Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for Defendant-Appellee.

Judge REINHARDT dissented because he would hold that Weiland qualified for the exception in § 44729(e)(1)(A).


OPINION

This case involves a difficult question of statutory construction that may currently apply only to a class of one. Although somewhat uncomfortable with the conclusion we reach, we hold that Plaintiff Henry Weiland, who turned 60 six days before the FAA's Age 60 Rule was abrogated by the Fair Treatment...

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