Legal Opinion
Joseph Gerard Morin v. Consolidated Rail Corporation and Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 1987No. 85-3143PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Joseph G. Morin, claiming that he was wrongfully discharged from his position with Consolidated Rail Corporation (Conrail), challenges the district court’s decision not to grant him relief. The primary issue on this appeal is whether Conrail is an agency of the federal government for purposes of the due process clause of the Fifth Amendment.
On September 11, 1978, an anonymous individual telephoned an Assistant Track Supervisor at Conrail and indicated that appellant Morin was using Conrail railroad ties to build a bridge on his own property. The next day the Assistant and the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Blum v. YaretskySupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Union Pacific Railroad v. SheehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Robert W. Steffens and Gerardo Garcia v. Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station EmployeesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Henry Anderson v. The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Harrell G. Andrews v. Federal Home Loan Bank of AtlantaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Sandra Pokuta v. Trans World Airlines, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1999
- William P. Andrews v. Consolidated Rail Corporation and United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2008
- G. & T. Terminal Packaging Co., Inc. And Anthony Spinale v. Consolidated Rail CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
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