Legal Opinion

Sjaastad v. Great Northern Railway Co.

District Court, D. North Dakota

Decided October 11, 1957No. Civ. No. 3146PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

REGISTER, Chief Judge.

This is an action brought by plaintiff, .a former employee of the defendant, (based on an alleged wrongful discharge •of the plaintiff by defendant in violation •of the governing collective bargaining .agreement. Plaintiff, in his original ■complaint, demands judgment in the alternative for either (1) reinstatement in •employment with defendant and for back pay from May 5, 1953, or (2) damages in the amount of $28,300 for such unlawful discharge.

The case first came before this Court •on defendant’s motion for summary judgment. During oral argument on .such motion in open…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  2. Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  3. Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  4. Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. KoppalSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Order of Railway Conductors v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. In the Matter of Complaint and Suit of Samuel Cunningham v. Erie Railroad Company and United Railroad Workers of America, Inc., C. I. O., Local 1463Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  2. Haley v. ChildersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
  3. Scott v. National Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of Florida · 1963
  4. J. W. Cook v. Missouri Pacific Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
  5. Haley v. ChildersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963

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