Legal Opinion
Shiels v. Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided August 30, 1957No. IP 56-C-231PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STECKLER, Chief Judge.
Fred H. Shiels and three similarly situated former employees of The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O) instituted this action on August 3, 1956, in the Superior Court of Marion County against B&O, asking $125,000 damages each for wrongful discharge. The case was removed to this court. This court has general jurisdiction by reason of diversity (28 U.S.C. § 1332) and because the proceeding arises under an act regulating commerce, as will appear. (28 U.S.C. § 1337). B&O’s defense of jurisdictional pre-emption arising out of the primacy of the jurisdiction of the…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Radio Officers' Union of the Commercial Telegraphers Union v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship ClerksSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Latham v. Baltimore And Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Miller v. South Bend Special School District No. INorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1963
- Hostetler v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1960
- Fred Shiels, Robert L. Swafford, Keith U. Clark, and R.D. Vernon v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1958
- LaFrance v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen of Michigan Central RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1962
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