Legal Opinion
Payne v. Pullman Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided April 2, 1957No. Gen. 46,982PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE SCHWARTZ
delivered the opinion of the court.
The question presented on this appeal involves the right of a sleeping car porter formerly employed by defendant (a carrier subject to the Railway Labor Act) to sue for damages for alleged wrongful termination of his contract although he has not exhausted all the remedies provided in the collective bargaining agreement of his union and in the Railway Labor Act. The trial court held against plaintiff and dismissed the suit.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement between defendant and the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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