Legal Opinion

Richard E. Sullivan v. Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided March 15, 1971No. 24680_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

Sullivan brought a common law action for wrongful discharge in the district court against his former employer, Pacific and Arctic Railway and Navigation Company [the Company], accepting the discharge as final and asking for money damages. His appeal from the summary judgment, 1 entered by the District Court, in favor of the Company raises the issue of whether it was necessary for him, under federal or state law, to exhaust his remedies under a collective bargaining agreement before bringing suit. We conclude that exhaustion of administrative remedies was…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Republic Steel Corp. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  3. Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  5. Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, Etc., (Plaintiffs) v. Mesker Bros. Industries, Inc., (Defendants)Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
  2. Hazel O. Haney v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company and Baltimore & Ohio Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
  3. Transue v. Aesthetech Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
  4. In the Matter of the Arbitration Between Alfred A. Krieter, and Lufthansa German Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
  5. McGann v. Union Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1971

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