AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. v. MAWHINNEY

Nos. 16-56638, 16-56643.

904 F.3d 1114 (2018)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Steven MAWHINNEY, Defendant-Appellant. Transport Workers Union, Local 591, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Steven Mawhinney, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed September 26, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Steven Mawhinney (argued), La Jolla, California, pro se Defendant-Appellant.

John D. Hayashi (argued), Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, Costa Mesa, California; Robert Jon Hendricks , Morgan Lewis Bockius LLP, San Francisco, California; for Plaintiff-Appellee American Airlines, Inc.

Lee Saham (argued) and Lucas K. Middlebrook , Seham Seham Meltz & Petersen LLP, White Plains, New York; Nicholas P. Granath , Seham Seham Meltz & Petersen LLP, Minneapolis, Minnesota; for Plaintiff-Appellee Transport Workers Union, Local 591.

Before: Marsha S. Berzon and N. Randy Smith, Circuit Judges, and P. Kevin Castel, District Judge.


OPINION

In these related appeals, we consider whether the district court properly compelled arbitration of Robert Steven Mawhinney's claims for whistleblowing retaliation, brought under the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century ("AIR21"), 49 U.S.C. § 42121. With respect to the...

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