Smith v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

After a suit was filed contending that a railroad had discriminated against black conductors, the district court entered an order agreed upon by the parties modifying the railroad’s seniority system and giving black employees retroactive seniority. White employees were notified of the suit, and given a chance to intervene. Two years later, eleven white employees sought to have the court set aside that order. We conclude that the trial court correctly refused to do so.

The “Agreed Order” was entered on October 10, Í975, in partial settlement of a suit brought under…