A federal judge in Anchorage ruled that a former Northern Air Cargo pilot has an individual statutory right under the Railway Labor Act to select his own attorney for arbitration, rejecting the union’s attempt to control his representation.
Wood v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters et al
A federal judge in Anchorage ordered a prisoner’s lawsuit against the State of Alaska sent back to state court, ruling that the plaintiff’s decision to delete all federal claims from his amended complaint dissolved the federal court’s...
State of Alaska v. PayPal Charitable Giving Fund
A federal district court in Alaska has remanded a prisoner injury lawsuit to state court after the plaintiff amended his complaint to remove all federal claims, relying on the Supreme Court’s recent ruling in Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc...
Twitchell v. State of Alaska