October 20, 2023
An airline industry group urged the Fifth Circuit to overturn a court order for Southwest Airlines to rehire a worker who sent pictures of aborted fetuses to a co-worker when protesting a union action, arguing federal law doesn't let workers use their religious beliefs to harass colleagues.
October 13, 2023
Amid its appeal of a Texas federal court ruling in favor of a flight attendant who claimed her firing was a Civil Rights Act violation, Southwest Airlines is also urging the Fifth Circuit to toss a district court sanction ordering three of its in-house attorneys to undergo "religious-liberty training."
September 26, 2023
A day before the court-ordered deadline for Southwest Airlines' lawyers to undergo "religious liberty" training in a flight attendant's suit, the airline convinced the Fifth Circuit to temporarily pause the sanction while the court considers whether to stay the decision pending Southwest's appeal.
September 19, 2023
As the deadline for Southwest Airlines lawyers to attend court-ordered "religious liberty" training nears, the flight attendant who sued the airline in Texas federal court over allegations it violated her Title VII civil rights has urged the Fifth Circuit not to stay the sanction pending appeal, arguing Southwest was unlikely to overturn the order.
September 12, 2023
Southwest Airlines has called on a Texas federal court to reduce the nearly $180,000 in fees sought by a flight attendant in connection with contempt proceedings that followed her victory in a religious bias suit against the airline, saying the requested amount is "excessive rather than reasonable."
September 01, 2023
The Texas federal judge who caused a stir by directing in-house attorneys with Southwest Airlines to attend "religious liberty training" as a sanction after losing a religious bias lawsuit has now given them a Sept. 26 deadline to comply, rejecting Southwest's request for a stay pending appeal.
August 25, 2023
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant said the company's in-house lawyers won't be hurt if they're forced to sit through a religious liberties class led by right-wing Christian legal group Alliance Defending Freedom, urging a Texas federal judge to not pause his ruling mandating that training in her religious bias suit.
August 22, 2023
A flight attendant fired by Southwest Airlines Co. wants a Texas federal judge to award her roughly $180,000 for legal costs in connection with contempt proceedings that followed her victory in a religious bias suit against the airline, both of which are being appealed.
August 17, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Thursday agreed to temporarily pause his controversial order requiring three in-house attorneys for Southwest Airlines Co. to undergo "religious liberty training" from a Christian legal organization, issuing a stay shortly after the airline appealed.
August 07, 2023
A federal judge in Dallas on Monday sanctioned three Southwest Airlines Co. attorneys for failing to comply with a court order after the airline lost a religious bias suit, ordering them to attend "training on religious freedom" given by Alliance Defending Freedom, a Christian legal organization.