Fifth Circuit Revives Racial Profiling Suit Against Mesa Airlines

Two men flying from Birmingham, Alabama, to Dallas who had their flight delayed and subsequently canceled because of what they allege was racial profiling by a flight attendant and pilot will have another chance to sue the airline after the Fifth Circuit on Friday revived their claims.

A three-judge panel issued an 18-page opinion determining that disputed fact issues in the lawsuit brought by Issam Abdallah and Abderraouf Alkhawaldeh should have precluded U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor from granting Mesa Airlines an early win in the case.