Air Line Pilots Association, International v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that for courts to issue a “view on the merits” would “usurp[] the role of the arbitrator in interpreting and applying the contract”
• holding that if a “ ‘dispute is arguably resolved by reference to the collective bargaining agreement,’ it is a minor dispute over which the courts have no jurisdiction”
• noting that the court may “ ‘peek’ at the merits of the party’s contractual justification only when it is unclear whether there is an agreement or contractual provision that, when interpreted one way or .the other, will resolve the dispute”
• “[I]f a party announces an intent to repudiate the [collective bargaining] agreement by adopting a unilateral change in the terms, it triggers a major dispute.”
• same, where both parties invoked a specific provision in the existing agreement to justify their positions
• courts do not consider the merits of a dispute in determining whether it is minor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).