Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Chesapeake & O. Ry. Co.
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided January 27, 1948No. Civ. No. 402PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
Does an employee who has been classified and deferred by his draft board as an essential civilian employee at his employer’s request, but who resigns from employment in order to volunteer for induction into the armed services, forfeit his statutory right to be restored, on the satisfactory completion of his military service, to the position from which he resigned, or to one of like seniority, status and pay? Petitioner asks that this question be answered in the affirmative. The respondent says that it should be answered in the negative.
There is no dispute as…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Fishgold v. Sullivan Drydock & Repair Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Marshall Field & Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- National Labor Relations Board v. Brashear Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- Boston & M. R. R. v. BentuboCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1947
- Kay v. General Cable CorporationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1945
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3Cited by17 opinions
- T. Weston, Inc. v. Mineral CountyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 2006
- Jerry C. Trulson v. Trane CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Gina Young, Administratrix v. Apogee Coal Co.West Virginia Supreme Court · 2013
- Lapine v. Town of WellesleyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2002
- Berríos v. Eastern Sugar AssociatesSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1962
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