Case Name: Paul CHORBAJIAN, as President and on behalf of AOA Chapter, Flight Engineers International Union, American Federation of Labor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc., Defendant
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1956-09-26
Citations: 19 F.R.D. 321
Docket Number: 
Parties: Paul CHORBAJIAN, as President and on behalf of AOA Chapter, Flight Engineers International Union, American Federation of Labor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc., Defendant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Rules Decisions
Volume: 19
Pages: 321–322

Head Matter:
Paul CHORBAJIAN, as President and on behalf of AOA Chapter, Flight Engineers International Union, American Federation of Labor, et al., Plaintiffs, v. PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, Inc., Defendant.
United States District Court S. D. New York.
Sept. 26, 1956.
. Daniel Kornblum, New York City, for plaintiffs.
Cleary, Gottlieb, Friendly & Hamilton, New York City, for defendant.

Opinion:
SUGARMAN, District Judge.
The plaintiffs' motion for judgment on the pleadings in their favor, presumably made under F.R.Civ.P. 12(c), 28 U.S. C.A. or in the alternative for partial summary judgment, presumably made under F.R.Civ.P. 56(d) (which movants have themselves variously characterized as a "motion declaring the defendant's liability" and as a quest for "a definitive decision on the limited questions of civil liabilty") is denied for the same reasons that this court denied a similar motion in United States v. Copacabana, Inc., D.C.S.D.N.Y., 17 F.R.D. 297.
To enlarge upon what was there said, I can see no gainful result in piecemeal-adjudication of this cause. Even were I to hold that plaintiffs have the partial relief sought, a trial of the amount of damages due each plaintiff would still have to be held. The judge presiding thereat should not be confined by' the findings of fact which I would be required to make if this motion were granted. Such confinement would necessarily flow from the last sentence of F. R.Civ.P. 56(d).
Adequate relief in narrowing the issues may be obtained by pre-trial. I am indisposed to substitute partial summary judgment for that process.
It is so ordered.