Legal Opinion
James W. Witty v. Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, and System Federation No. 91 of the Railway Employes' Department, Afl-Cio, Intervening
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 2, 1965No. 14662_1PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Witty, a reemployed veteran, sued under Sec. 9 of the Universal Military Training and Service Act, 1 claiming restoration of job seniority rights. After allowing System Federation No. 91 of the Railway Employes’ Department, AFL-CIO, bargaining representative for Witty’s Union — Brotherhood of Railroad Carmen — to intervene as a defendant, the court granted summary judgment against Witty, and he has appealed. We reverse.
Witty was a “carman helper” at the Railroad’s Howell, Indiana shops when he was inducted into the armed forces on September 1, 1950. In his…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- McKinney v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Tilton v. Missouri Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Diehl v. Lehigh Valley RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Diehl v. Lehigh Valley R. Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1954
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