June 8 (UPI) -- Lawyers representing Virgin America and Alaska Airlines have filed a new supplemental brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in a case regarding the rights of California flight attendants.
At issue is whether California labor law or federal rules apply when it comes to how flight attendants' rest and meal breaks are governed. The Supreme Court is expected to decide whether to review the case on June 23, according to lawyers for the airlines.
Virgin America and Alaska Airlines argue in the new brief that a Ninth Circuit decision, which said airlines could comply with California's meal and rest break laws by adding a flight attendant to every flight, would be too costly.
"It's hard to imagine state-law requirements with a more significant impact on airline prices, routes, and services," the airlines said in their brief.
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