Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania Railroad v. Day

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 12, 1959No. 397PublishedCited by 125 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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delivered the opinion of the Court.

In April 1955 Charles A. DePriest began an action in the District Court for the District of New Jersey, claiming $27,000 in additional compensation from the Pennsylvania Railroad. DePriest .had been employed as a locomotive engineer by the Railroad from May 1918 to March 1955, at which time he resigned his employment and applied for an annuity. He alleged that under the terms of a collective bargaining agreement between the Railroad *549and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers of which he was a member, he was entitled to an extra day’s…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  3. Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
  4. Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
  5. United States v. Interstate Commerce CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1949

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3Cited by125 opinions

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  2. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Ballew v. Continental Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2012
  4. Austin Lakes Joint Venture v. Avon Utilities, Inc.Indiana Supreme Court · 1995
  5. Air Line Pilots Association, International, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986

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