Brisson, et al. v. Delta Air Lines
| Citation | 239 F.3d 456 |
| Decision Date | 01 August 2000 |
| Docket Number | Docket No. 99-9359 |
| 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 |
| Court | United States Courts of Appeals. United States Court of Appeals (2nd Circuit) |
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.
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 motion, finding that Plaintiffs had failed to establish...
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