Northwest Airlines Corp. v. Association of Flight Attendants CWA (In re Northwest Airlines Corp.)
Sep
15
2006
Ruling
Denial of injunction to prevent flight attendants' union strike over rejection of collective bargaining agreement reversed and remanded.
Procedural posture
Pursuant to § 2 (First) of the Railway Labor Act ("RLA"), 45 U.S.C. § 152, appellant airline filed a motion for a preliminary injunction enjoining appellee, a flight attendants union, from carrying out threats to engage in a labor strike. The bankruptcy court denied the airline's motion on the ground that the Norris-LaGuardia Act, 29 U.S.C. § 101 et seq., deprived it of jurisdiction to issue an injunction. The airline appealed.
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