Legal Opinion
Hooser v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
District Court, S.D. Indiana
Decided September 24, 1959No. Nos. IP 58-C-29, 58-C-49PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STECKLER, Chief Judge.
The complaint in Cause No. IP 58-C-29 was filed February 10, 1958, and that in cause No. IP 58-C-49 was filed March 21, 1958. Since both complaints assert rights dependent upon the same agreements and present common questions of law, the court under Rule 42(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C., consolidates the two cases for the purpose of judgment.
The plaintiffs claim rights under the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq.), and, hence, the court has jurisdiction of both controversies as civil actions arising under a federal statute regulating and…
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