Jones v. United States Department of Labor
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Flaum, Posner, Sykes
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Published
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- Circuit
- Seventh Circuit
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Claim Types
Outcome
United Airlines prevailed in the whistleblower retaliation case. The court affirmed the Department of Labor's decision that United demonstrated by clear and convincing evidence it would have terminated Jones for flying with an outdated safety manual regardless of his protected communications to the FAA.
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