Legal Opinion
Robert E. Minehart v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 6, 1984No. 83-5194PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiff, Robert E. Minehart, appeals from the district court order dismissing his action against his former employer, Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company (L & N), for alleged retaliatory discharge. Minehart sued L & N in district court seeking damages for personal injuries sustained during the course of his employment. The district court permitted Minehart to supplement his original complaint to allege retaliatory discharge after L & N discharged Minehart on its assertion that he had falsified his employment application by failing to reveal previous “back trouble.”
The district court’s…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Farmer v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 25Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Harold R. Magnuson v. Burlington Northern, Inc., D. S. Nelson, J. H. Woolford, and G. J. O'COnnellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Jerry Smith, Cross-Appellee v. Atlas Off-Shore Boat Service, Inc., Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Leon Beers v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Gary C. Lancaster v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Daniel K. Graf v. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Peterson v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n, InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Winston B. Lewy v. Southern Pacific Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1986
- James W. Leu, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Norfolk & Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
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