Legal Opinion
Bryant v. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 15, 1937No. 44PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff appeals from an order denying his application to enjoin the defendant from prosecuting a suit in equity in a Virginia state court, or enforcing an injunction obtained therein. The facts are as follows. The plaintiff was an employee of the defendant railroad, engaged in interstate commerce; being injured in his employment, he sued the defendant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (45 U.S.C.A. §§ 51-59). The defendant appeared specially; and sought to set aside the service…
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