Legal Opinion

Marshall Jones v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided February 14, 1984No. 81-5475PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NATHANIEL R. JONES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Marshall Jones, challenges the district court judgment denying his request to set aside an arbitration award. The award was rendered by a Public Law Board which convened pursuant to 45 U.S.C. § 153 for the purpose of settling labor disputes that arise in the railroad industry. For the reasons articulated below, we find the award to be inappropriate and reverse the judgment below.

On August 15, 1977, Jones was the engineer working at the Yale Yard, Memphis Terminal. He and his crew were pulling cars out of Track 7, heading south and were going to set…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Union Pacific Railroad v. SheehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. United States v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
  3. Erlenbaugh v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Detroit Coil Company v. International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers, Lodge 82Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
  5. Totem Marine Tug & Barge, Inc. v. North American Towing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Morton M. Hill, Jr. v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
  2. Lori Hoge, Plaintiff-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Honda of America Mfg., Inc., Defendant-Appellant/cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2004
  3. In the Matter of Frederick G. Johnson and Vallera J. Johnson, A/k/a, Vallera K. Joyner, Debtors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
  4. United Transportation Union v. National Railroad Passenger Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2009
  5. Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,081 Paul Szuts, Magda Szuts v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991

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