Legal Opinion
Spires v. Southern Ry. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 16, 1953No. 6563_1PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKER, Chief Judge.
This is an appeal from an order dismissing a suit for lack of jurisdiction. Plaintiffs are thirteen engineers and firemen employed by the Southern Railway Company. Defendants are that company, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and the local chapter of the Brotherhood at Richmond, Virginia. The purpose of the suit is to obtain a declaratory judgment as to seniority rights with respect to the operation of a certain freight train and an award of damages on account of loss of seniority rights resulting from action of the railroad taken at the instance of the Brotherhood.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by26 opinions
- Fred Thompson v. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an Unincorporated Railroad Labor Organization, National in ScopeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- W. H. Mount v. The Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Thompson v. New York Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Hargrove v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1953
- Haley v. ChildersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
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