Legal Opinion
Florence Simmons v. Union News Company, a New York Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided February 26, 1965No. 15955PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Florence Simmons, was an employee of the defendant, Union News Company, serving as one of a group of eleven or twelve counter girls at the lunch counter operated by the defendant at the Michigan Central Railroad terminal at Detroit, Michigan. She was a member of the union which was the designated bargaining representative of defendant’s employees. The collective bargaining agreement contained a provision that no regular employee “shall be discharged except for just cause.”
It developed that the lunch counter was not being operated as…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Humphrey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- United States v. PinkSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Zampos v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. Anderson v. United States Smelting, Refining and Mining CoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Thomas J. Boone v. Armstrong Cork CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John Balowski v. International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, (Uaw), Afl-Cio, and Its Local Union No. 735, John Balowski v. General Motors CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- Thompson v. Monsanto Co.Court of Appeals of Texas · 1977
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