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· 4/30/2002

Robert H. Tice v. American Airlines, Inc.

Citations

  • 288 F.3d 313
  • 169 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 3148
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 8007
  • 82 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 41,013
  • 88 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 993
  • 2002 WL 774437

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that the plain language of § 3 affords a district court no discretion to dismiss a case where one of the parties applies for a stay pending arbitration.
  • providing that dismissal is appropriate where “a particular interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement is potentially dispositive of a the plaintiffs claim”
  • providing that dismissal is appro- priate where “a particular interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement is potentially dispositive of a the plaintiff’s claim”
  • “providing that dismissal is appropriate where ‘a particu- lar interpretation of the collective bargaining agreement is potentially dispositive of a the plaintiff’s claim’ ”
  • converting the dismissal of the plaintiffs’ suit to a stay of the suit pending referral of the parties’ dispute to arbitration
  • holding RLA precluded federal age-discrimination claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Posner, Kanne, Rovner

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