Legal Opinion
Joseph J. Belanger v. The New York Central Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1967No. 17267PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is an action for damages, brought by a former railroad fireman and engineer for his alleged wrongful discharge. Following an altercation with a fellow employee, the railroad company asked plaintiff-appellant to submit to a psychiatric examination along with his required physical examination. The former he declined to do and because of it he subsequently was discharged. Some three years after his discharge, appellant, without exhausting his administrative remedies, brought this suit. The District Court granted summary judgment in favor of the railroad company,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. KoppalSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Walker v. Southern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- W. K. Ferguson and F. M. Nees v. Seaboard Air Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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- Poppert v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenNebraska Supreme Court · 1971
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