Legal Opinion
David M. Lyons and United Transportation Union v. Norfolk & Western Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 4, 1999No. 98-2347PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
This case presents us with David M. Lyons’s (“Lyons”) and United Transportation Union’s (“UTU”) appeal of the district court’s grant of summary judgment to defendant Norfolk & Western Railway Company (“NW”) (erroneously referred to as Norfolk Southern Railway in the complaint). Lyons and UTU sought to overturn an arbitration panel’s decision upholding NW’s decision to fire Lyons for allegedly failing to comply with a drug test administered by the company. Noting the extremely high level of deference federal courts pay to railroad arbitration boards, the district court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Union Pacific Railroad v. SheehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Morton M. Hill, Jr. v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Daniel L. Kulavic, Cross-Appellee v. Chicago & Illinois Midland Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1993
- Jasper Cabinet Company v. United Steelworkers Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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