Huntsman v. Southwest Airlines Co.

  1. March 12, 2021

    9th Circ. Turns Away Southwest's Midcase Class Cert. Appeal

    The Ninth Circuit won't hear Southwest Airlines' interlocutory challenge to the certification of a class of 6,700 Southwest workers who say the company violated federal law by failing to pay them for short stints of military leave.

  2. March 10, 2021

    Southwest Military Leave Suit Frozen For Class Cert Challenge

    Southwest Airlines convinced a federal judge to freeze a class action accusing the company of violating federal law by failing to pay thousands of workers for short stints of military time, while the Ninth Circuit mulls whether to second-guess letting the workers proceed as a group.

  3. February 04, 2021

    Class Suit On Southwest's Military Leave Cleared For Takeoff

    A California federal judge certified a class of nearly 7,000 Southwest Airlines Co. workers who said they were unlawfully denied pay for short stints of military service, ruling they had enough in common to move forward as a group.