RUBY v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.


227 F.Supp. 674 (1963)

Charles H. RUBY, as President of the Air Line Pilots Association, International, and Air Line Pilots Association, International, an unincorporated association, Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC., Defendant, and Nicholas J. O'Connell, Jr., individually and as Chairman of the Master Executive Council of the pilots in the service of American Airlines, Inc., and the Negotiating Committee of said pilots, consisting of Richard Lyons et al., Additional Defendants, and Joseph V. Manning, as President of the American Airlines Chapter, Flight Engineers' International Association, AFL-CIO, and American Airlines Chapter, Flight Engineers' International Association, AFL-CIO, an unincorporated association, Intervenors.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

August 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cohen & Weiss, New York City, for plaintiffs; Henry Weiss, Herbert A. Levy, New York City, of counsel.

Arthur M. Wisehart, New York City, for defendant; George A. Spater, H. Wayne Wile, New York City, of counsel.

Martin C. Seham, New York City, for additional defendants; Edward F. Campbell, Huntington, N. Y., of counsel.

O'Donnell & Schwartz, New York City, for intervenors; Asher W. Schwartz, Walter N. Kaufman, New York City, of counsel.


WYATT, District Judge.

This action and the controversies involved form chapters in the troubled history of labor relations in the airline industry. Specifically there are charges here of violations of the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 151 and following; the "Act") which was made applicable to the air lines by amendments effective April 10, 1936 (45 U.S.C.A. § 181).

The action is for an injunction, declaratory judgment and damages and was commenced...

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