Legal Opinion
Walker v. Southern Railway Co.
District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Decided January 18, 1965No. Civ. No. 2171PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAVEN, Chief Judge:
This is an action by Roy Walker to recover damages for breach of his employment contract with the Southern Railway Company. Originally filed in the Rutherford County Superior Court on August 15, 1963, it was removed on petition of Southern, by reason of diversity ■of citizenship, to this court.
Until his discharge as of 12:00 midnight, May 28, 1957,1 Walker had been in Southern’s employ approximately thirteen years, the latter portion of which he worked as a fireman.
On March 3, 1957, Walker was notified hy a crew clerk for Southern that he had Tbeen “rolled for a regular…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. KoppalSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Troitino v. GoodmanSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1945
- Enterprise Wheel and Car Corporation v. United Steelworkers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Rosa M. Figueroa De Arroyo v. Sindicato De Trabajadores Packinghouse, Afl-Cio, and Puerto Rico Telephone CompanyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1970
- Walker v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Walker v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966