NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC. v. PHILLIPS

Civil No. 07-4803 (JNE/JJG).

758 F.Supp.2d 786 (2010)

NORTHWEST AIRLINES, INC., Plaintiff/Counterdefendant, and Air Line Pilots Association, Intervenor-Plaintiff/Counterdefendant, v. Raymond B. PHILLIPS, Michael Tanksley, Belmont Beck, Platt Hubbell, Timothy I. Meldahl, Gregory S. Novotny, William J. Riley, and Ralph C. Taylor, Individually, and as Representatives of Persons Similarly Situated, Defendants/Counterclaimants.

United States District Court, D. Minnesota.

December 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marnie L. DeWall, Esq. , and Amy R. Mason, Esq. , Lindquist & Vennum, P.L.L.P., and Richard M. Seltzer, Esq. , Thomas N. Ciantra, Esq. , and Evan Hudson-Plush, Esq. , Cohen, Weiss and Simon LLP, appeared on brief for Intervenor-Plaintiff/Counterdefendant Air Line Pilots Association.

Jeffrey Lewis, Esq. , Margo Hasselman, Esq. , and Nina Wasow, Esq. , Lewis, Feinberg, Lee, Renaker & Jackson, P.C., Lawrence P. Schaefer, Esq. , Schaefer Law Firm, LLC, and Seymour Mansfield, Esq. , and Denise Y. Tataryn, Esq. , Mansfield, Tanick & Cohen, P.A., appeared on brief for Defendants/Counterclaimants Raymond B. Phillips, Michael Tanksley, Belmont Beck, Platt Hubbell, Timothy I. Meldahl, Gregory S. Novotny, William J. Riley, and Ralph C. Taylor, Individually, and as Representatives of Persons Similarly Situated.

Northwest Airlines, Inc., did not appear.


ORDER

JOAN N. ERICKSEN, District Judge.

This case is before the Court on the motion of the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) for summary judgment on the sole remaining counterclaim of a class of pilots (Pilots) for breach of the duty of fair representation (DFR). For the reasons set forth below, the Court grants ALPA's motion.

I. BACKGROUND

On January 26, 2009, 594 F.Supp.2d 1075 (D.Minn.2009)...

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