United Transportation Union v. Skinner

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

These cases present the single question whether time spent by a railroad employee waiting for deadhead transportation from duty to his point of final release constitutes time on duty under the Hours of Service Act (HSA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 61-64b. Based on the language of the HSA and on its consistent interpretation by the courts throughout its 85-year history, we conclude that such waiting time is and always has been time on duty for purposes of the statute. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment of the district court for the District of Oregon in Brotherhood of Locomotive…