Brisson, et al. v. Delta Air Lines, Docket No. 99-9359
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) |
| Writing for the Court | McLAUGHLIN; On remand |
| Citation | 239 F.3d 456 |
| Parties | (2nd Cir. 2001) MARK ABDU BRISSON, RONALD H. BUCHNER, GORDON BURGESS, ROBERT BURKE, THOMAS D. CALLAHAN, THOMAS F. CAREY, DALE E. CARMAN, LOUIS CARRARA, T. BARRY CASEY, LAMAR CASON, ROBERT T. CASSIDY, ROBERT CHANGERY, LARRY E. CHAPPEL, RICHARD CHARBONNEAU, STANLEY CHECKOWAY, DOUGLAS S. CHRISTENSEN, LEE J. CHURCH, JAMES CIRILLI, ROBERT CLACK, WALTER M. CLARK, PHILIP CLAUDY, HAROLD T. CLEAVER, CHARLES CLEMENTS, RICHARD T. CLOUGH, LAWRENCE D. COBB, WESLEY COLLINS, RONALD E. COMBEE, EUGENE M. COMFORT, HARRY G. COMPTON, JOHN C. COOK, CLIFFORD COOL, DAVID L. COOPER, DONALD C. CORY, MARCUS COVINGTON, EUGENE COX, LYNN COX, LYNN O. COX, HOWARD CROWELL, J. N. CRUMP, CHARLES CRUMPTON, JOSEPH C. CUSHING, EDWARD CYWINSKI, THOMAS G. DAHONEY, JOSEPH DALTON, CHARLES R. DAVIS, GERALD E. DAVIS, WADE L. DAVIS, THOMAS A. DEAN, ERNEST E. DELL, JR., THOMAS J. DELNICKAS, HENRY P. DENONCOUR, ROBERT DEVRIES, CLARENCE J. DIETER, CHARLES DIKE, JR., GERALD DION, JACK DITZEL, STEPHEN A. DODGE, WILLIAM W. DONNELLY, WILFREDO H. DORNA, WILLIAM DORNA, CHARLES B. DOUGLAS, ROBERT H. DROZD, VINCENT L. DUFFY, RALPH DUNN, RICHARD C. DUPUIS, ROBERT DURANT, PATRICK W. DWYER, ROBERT R. DZIMIDAS, ROBERT EBBLER, JACK E. ELDRED, KENNETH ELIAS, WILLIAM C. ELLIS, DANNY A. ENDRESEN, LEWIS W. ENGLISH, R. ROBERT ENGLISH, SIGURD ERIKSEN, JOHN M. ESPOSITO, DOUGLAS S. EYRE, DOUGLAS L. EZELL, JOHN R. FAHY, JEFFREY FAIRBROTHER, ANDRAL P. FARIS, ROBERT FERREL, LEWIS FIELACK, JERRY D. FIFER, JAMES FLAUGH, EUGENE FORET, RICHARD FORTE, DUANE FOSTER, FRANCIS J. FOSTER, DAVID FOUNTAIN, GEORGE V. FOX, ROLAND M. FRAGA, ROBERT A. FRASER, BRUCE L. FRYE, JOHN FUCIK, PAUL J. FULLER, EDWARD R. FULLERTON, JOHN GALLAGHER, RODGER P. GALLI, FREDERICK C. GARDNER, CHARLES L. GARNER, EDWIN J. GEIGER, JAMES T. GETTYS, FRANK H. GIBSON, JOHN GROUT, ROBERT P. GUNST, WILLIAM HALVOSA, III, D. B. HAMAN, LLOYD HAMILTON, ROSS M. HAMILTON, ROBERTO HANCHETT, MICHAEL D. HANLEY, ALVIN C. HANSON, ROBERT HARLAN, GARY HARMON, GARY L. HARRIS, ROBERT S. HAR |
| Docket Number | Docket No. 99-9359 |
| Decision Date | 01 August 2000 |
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DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION INTERNATIONAL, Defendants-Appellees.
August Term, 2000
FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT
Decided: February 12, 2001
Plaintiffs appeal from an order and accompanying judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Baer, J.), granting defendant's motion for summary judgment and dismissing the complaint.
AFFIRMED.
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EDWARD J.M. LITTLE, Zuckerman, Spaeder, Goldstein, Taylor & Kolker, L.L.P., New York, NY, (William B. Fleming, Michael J. Ramos, of counsel) for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
WILLIAM H. BOICE, Kilpatrick Stockton LLP, Atlanta, GA, (Stephen E. Hudson, of counsel; Thomas C. French, Law Department, Delta Air Lines, Inc., of counsel) for Defendant-Appellee Delta Air Lines, Inc.
Before: KEARSE, McLAUGHLIN, and STRAUB, Circuit Judges.
McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs are several hundred pilots who were employed by the now-defunct Pan American World Airways, Inc. ("Pan Am"). They were hired by Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta") pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement between the two airlines. The pilots filed an age discrimination action in New York State Supreme Court challenging three specific terms of their employment with Delta. Delta removed the case to the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Baer, J.), and eventually filed a motion for summary judgment. The district court granted Delta's...
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...protected group; or the sequence of events leading to the plaintiff's [adverse employment action].” Abdu–Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 468 (2d Cir.2001) (quoting Chambers v. TRM Copy Centers Corp., 43 F.3d 29, 37 (2d Cir.1994)); see also [8 F.Supp.3d 310]Abdul–Hakeem v. Pa......
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Campbell v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth., No. 11–CV–2827 MKB.
...protected group; or the sequence of events leading to the plaintiff's [adverse employment action],” Abdu–Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 468 (2d Cir.2001) (citation omitted), or by “showing that an employer treated [an employee] less favorably than a similarly situated emplo......
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M.O.C.H.A. Soc'y, Inc. v. City of Buffalo, No. 98–CV–99–JTC.
...than to ... other areas of litigation.” Meiri v. Dacon, 759 F.2d 989, 998 (2d Cir.1985); see also Abdu—Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 466 (2d Cir.) (“It is now beyond cavil that summary judgment may be appropriate even in the fact-intensive context of discrimination cases.”......
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Zhao v. State University of N.Y., No. 04-CV-0210 JFB RML.
...issues of material fact." McLee v. Chrysler Corp., 109 F.3d 130, 135 (2d Cir.1997); see also Abdu-Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 466 (2d Cir.2001) ("It is now beyond cavil that summary judgment may be appropriate even in the fact-intensive context of discrimination Schiano ......
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St. Juste v. Metro Plus Health Plan, No. 10–CV–4729 (MKB).
...protected group; or the sequence of events leading to the plaintiff's [adverse employment action].” Abdu–Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 468 (2d Cir.2001) (quoting Chambers v. TRM Copy Centers Corp., 43 F.3d 29, 37 (2d Cir.1994)); see also [8 F.Supp.3d 310]Abdul–Hakeem v. Pa......
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Campbell v. N.Y.C. Transit Auth., No. 11–CV–2827 MKB.
...protected group; or the sequence of events leading to the plaintiff's [adverse employment action],” Abdu–Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 468 (2d Cir.2001) (citation omitted), or by “showing that an employer treated [an employee] less favorably than a similarly situated emplo......
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M.O.C.H.A. Soc'y, Inc. v. City of Buffalo, No. 98–CV–99–JTC.
...than to ... other areas of litigation.” Meiri v. Dacon, 759 F.2d 989, 998 (2d Cir.1985); see also Abdu—Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 466 (2d Cir.) (“It is now beyond cavil that summary judgment may be appropriate even in the fact-intensive context of discrimination cases.”......
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Zhao v. State University of N.Y., No. 04-CV-0210 JFB RML.
...issues of material fact." McLee v. Chrysler Corp., 109 F.3d 130, 135 (2d Cir.1997); see also Abdu-Brisson v. Delta Air Lines, Inc., 239 F.3d 456, 466 (2d Cir.2001) ("It is now beyond cavil that summary judgment may be appropriate even in the fact-intensive context of discrimination Schiano ......
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