Legal Opinion
Carter v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided September 26, 1974No. Civ. A. No. 574-26PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ALAIMO, District Judge.
Following removal of this action from the Superior Court of Ware County, Georgia, on grounds of diversity of citizenship, defendant, Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company (SCL), interposed a number of motions to dismiss which the Court now treats as a motion for summary judgment, pursuant to Rule 12(c), Fed.R.Civ.P.
The action is a unique one, commenced on April 17, 1974, to enforce and redress plaintiff’s state constitutional and statutory rights to testify as a witness, allegedly violated by SCL’s refusal to hire or rehire plaintiffs.
The Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs, both…
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- Hutcherson v. DurdenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901
- Bigby v. DouglasSupreme Court of Georgia · 1905
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