Legal Opinion
Howard v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Howard
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 11, 1951No. 13899, 13900PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
For more than 40 years, there has existed historically on the “Frisco” Railway a class of positions and employees known as “train porter.” 1 The essence of the duties of this class or craft has always been the performance of the necessary braking work on the head end of Frisco’s passenger trains. The holders of the position have been required to undergo the same training and to possess the same qualification as those occupying the similar general position of brakeman.
The job of train porter has been open only to negroes and, because the group has lacked the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Truax v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Hunter v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- George P. Shultz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Can Company — Dixie Products, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Norman v. Missouri Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
- Simon L. Howard v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, a Corporation, and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, an Unincorporated AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
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