| 25-974 |
Kevin D. Wickstrom, et al. v. Air Line Pilots Association, International |
Seventh Circuit |
2026-02-18 |
Pending |
|
bad-faith duty-of-fair-representation pleading-stage-dismissal railway-labor-act status-quo-requirements union-discretion |
1. Whether a union's duty of fair representation under the Railway Labor Act includes an obligation to enforce the Act's status quo requirements under… |
| 25-495 |
The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airline Pilots Association, on Behalf of Itself and its Members |
Texas |
2025-10-22 |
Pending |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
airline-industry collective-bargaining-agreement preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claims third-party-liability |
Whether the Railway Labor Act preempts state-law claims against a third party that cannot be resolved without interpreting a collective bargaining agr… |
| 25A298 |
The Boeing Company v. Southwest Airline Pilots Association, on Behalf of Itself and its Members |
Texas |
2025-09-16 |
Presumed Complete |
|
collective-bargaining labor-union preemption railway-labor-act state-law-tort third-party-claim |
Question not identified. |
| 24-1101 |
Ali Bahreman v. Allegiant Air, LLC, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2025-04-23 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
collective-bargaining duty-of-fair-representation employee-rights labor-organization railway-labor-act union-representation |
1. Do a union and employer violate § 2, Fourth by requiring non-members to financially support a union in a manner not authorized by § 2, Eleventh (a)… |
| 24-6555 |
Bianca A. Hughley v. Southwest Airlines |
Fourth Circuit |
2025-02-12 |
Denied |
Response WaivedIFP |
arbitration breach-of-contract employment-law grievance-procedures minor-disputes railway-labor-act |
Did the United States District Court of Maryland err in their decision to dismiss Ms. Hughley's Breach of Contract claim knowing that Ms. Hughley was … |
| 24-709 |
Kirk E. Knopp v. CSX Transportation Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2025-01-03 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
first-amendment notice-requirements railway-labor-act social-media-policy summary-judgment union-representation |
Whether indirect notice to an employee by a union representative satisfies 45 U.S.C. § 153, First (j) (reproduced at Pet. App. 17a), when the union ma… |
| 23-275 |
Nancy Avina v. Union Pacific Railroad |
Eighth Circuit |
2023-09-21 |
Denied |
|
42-usc-1981 age-discrimination age-discrimination-in-employment-act civil-rights employment-discrimination employment-law federal-preemption preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation |
Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as th… |
| 23-249 |
Dawn C. Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-09-15 |
Denied |
|
anti-discrimination circuit-conflict civil-rights preemption railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation title-vii |
Does the Railway Labor Act preempt, preclude or otherwise limit, and if so when and in what way, claims under anti-discrimination statutes, such as Ti… |
| 23A58 |
Dawn Polk v. Amtrak National Railroad Passenger Corporation, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2023-07-21 |
Presumed Complete |
|
arbitration collective-bargaining-agreement preemption race-discrimination railway-labor-act title-vii |
Question not identified. |
| 22-220 |
Union Pacific Railroad Company v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-09-09 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
antiunion-animus arbitration-procedures circuit-split collective-bargaining mandatory-arbitration railway-labor-act statutory-interpretation union-representation union-representatives |
The Railway Labor Act ("RLA") prohibits carriers from interfering with their employees' "choice of representatives." 45 U.S.C. § 152 Third. Union Paci… |
| 21-956 |
Sojourner Rudisill v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-12-30 |
Denied |
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
administrative-law administrative-review arbitration civil-procedure due-process judicial-jurisdiction jurisdiction labor-law railway-labor-act |
Whether the Railway Labor Act ("RLA") permits courts to exercise jurisdiction over due process challenges to decisions rendered by RLA arbitration pan… |
| 21-278 |
John Krakowski, et al. v. Allied Pilots Association, et al. |
Second Circuit |
2021-08-25 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
11-usc-1113 bankruptcy-court collective-bargaining discrimination duty-of-fair-representation labor-union railway-labor-act seniority-system |
Where a labor union imposed as part of its collective bargaining agreement a seniority system that admittedly discriminated in bad faith against a dis… |
| 20-1643 |
Arthur Baisley v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers |
Fifth Circuit |
2021-05-26 |
Denied |
|
constitutional-rights fair-representation first-amendment janus-v-afscme labor-law opt-out opt-out-procedures political-activities railway-labor-act union-fees |
Whether opt-out procedures for collecting union fees for ideological and political activities violate the First Amendment or the Railway Labor Act. |
| 20-1378 |
Linda Rizzo-Rupon, et al. v. International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO District 141, Local 914, et al. |
Third Circuit |
2021-04-01 |
Denied |
|
agency-fees first-amendment janus-v-afscme private-sector-employees railway-labor-act state-action union-representation |
1. Does this Court's recent First Amendment agency fee ban announced in Janus v. AFSCME, 138 S.Ct. 2448 (2018), apply to matters involving private-sec… |
| 20-495 |
Charee Stanley v. ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. |
Sixth Circuit |
2020-10-15 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
cba-interpretation circuit-split federal-preemption federal-statutory-claims mandatory-arbitration preemption railway-labor-act title-vii undue-hardship |
1. Whether, and under what circumstances, claims arising under federal statute are subject to the RLA's mandatory arbitration requirement.
2. Whether… |
| 18-579 |
Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. Judy Schurke, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2018-11-02 |
Denied |
Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) |
arbitration-requirement civil-procedure collective-bargaining collective-bargaining-agreement federal-jurisdiction labor-management-relations-act labor-preemption labor-relations ninth-circuit-ruling preemption railway-labor-act state-law-claim state-law-claims |
In order to promote stability in labor-management relations and minimize disruptions in vital transportation services, the Railway Labor Act (RLA) req… |