Legal Opinion
Salvant v. Louisville & N. R. Co.
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided February 1, 1949No. 1441PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWINFORD, District Judge.
This is an action seeking an injunction to which the plaintiff asserts he is entitled on the following facts:
The plaintiff is a Negro citizen of the United States and resident of Mobile, Alabama. He is a locomotive fireman employed by the defendant Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company. He brings this action as a class action on behalf of all Negro employees similarly situated. He bases his claim to jurisdiction on the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S. C.A. Chapter 8, the Civil Rights Act, 8 U.S.C.A. §§ 41 and…
2Cases cited13 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
- J. I. Case Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Robertson v. Railroad Labor BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Smith v. SwormstedtSupreme Court of the United States · 1854
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Rutland Railway Corporation v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Penrod Drilling Company v. Sam H. Johnson and James L. StarnesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- American Airlines, Inc. v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, InternationalDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
- McNutt v. United Gas, Coke & Chemical WorkersDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1952
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