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.
April 24, 2023
A jury considered sufficient evidence before finding that Southwest Airlines Co. committed religious discrimination when it fired a flight attendant who sent graphic anti-abortion messages to a colleague, a Texas federal judge ruled Monday, rejecting the company's request for a new trial in the Title VII case.
April 11, 2023
Southwest Airlines must show a Texas federal judge its drafts of a pair of notices informing workers of its loss in a Title VII religious discrimination suit, name the notices' authors and share messages exchanged during the notices' creation, as the judge assesses Southwest's compliance with his notification order.
January 24, 2023
A former Southwest Airlines flight attendant who claims she was fired for her anti-abortion views is fighting to preserve her win in court against the company, saying a Texas federal judge's decision to withhold certain information from the jury doesn't necessitate a new trial.
January 03, 2023
Southwest Airlines Co. asked a Texas federal judge for a new trial after the court ordered the reinstatement of a worker who claimed she was fired for her anti-abortion views, with the airline arguing that the court didn't properly instruct the jury and that a religious accommodation "would have imposed an undue hardship."
December 06, 2022
Southwest Airlines Co. must rehire a former flight attendant who successfully sued the airline, claiming she was fired for her anti-abortion views, a Texas federal judge ruled, but he cut the damages she is owed from about $5 million to $800,000.
August 10, 2022
Southwest Airlines told a Texas federal court that forcing it to rehire a flight attendant who won a suit alleging she was fired for her views on abortion would cause significant "workplace dysfunction" and asked the judge to cut the damages awarded to her by least $3 million.
July 14, 2022
A Texas federal jury awarded a former Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendant $5.1 million on July 14, after finding the airline and its flight attendant union discriminated and retaliated against her for her beliefs about abortion.
July 13, 2022
A former Southwest Airlines Co. flight attendant asked a Texas federal jury Wednesday to award her at least $5.3 million in damages from the airline and its flight attendant union for claims they discriminated and retaliated against her for her religious beliefs about abortion.