[Opinion] Judge Signals Final Ruling in Favor of Conservative Group in Southwest Airlines Student Travel Program Suit - The Texas Lawbook

An American judge has suggested condemning Southwest Airlines to pay one cent in order to end a lawsuit by a conservative group, which had claimed that a program for free flights for Hispanic college students has now ceased to be discriminatory.

Judge Signals Final Ruling in Favor of Conservative Group in Southwest Airlines Student Travel Program Suit - The Texas Lawbook

A federal judge in Dallas alerted lawyers in an opinion and order Wednesday of his intention to enter final judgment in favor of Edward Blum’s American Alliance for Equal Rights, awarding them one cent in nominal damages and legal fees in a lawsuit against Southwest Airlines. The case challenged a now-shuttered program that provided free flights to low-income Hispanic students, which the group claimed was discriminatory. The judge opined that So…