Legal Opinion
J. W. Cook v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1959No. 17216_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
Two things distinguish this case from the run-of-the-mill suit for damages for wrongful discharge of an employee by a railroad both of whom are subject to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151-164 (1926), as amended. First, while the Employee’s case was pending in Court, not yet tried or determined, the Railway Adjustment Board entered an Award holding the discharge of Cook rightful. Second, at about the same time as the District Court granted a stay (Cook v. Thompson, 150 F.Supp. 650, April 12, 1957), but prior to the dismissal of the case by the District…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Transcontinental & Western Air, Inc. v. KoppalSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Rumbaugh v. Winifrede Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- J. H. Hodges and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Kelley v. Southern Pacific CompanyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1968
- Ferro v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1960
- Paul S. Woolley v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
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