Legal Opinion
Hodges v. Tomberlin
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided December 12, 1980No. CV480-156PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
B. AVANT EDENFIELD, District Judge.
The case involves a dispute as to the actions and motivations of the individual defendants and Georgia Ports Authority (GPA) with respect to the plaintiffs’ discharge from their jobs as crane operators. Plaintiffs have alleged that this termination was motivated by their efforts to promote union organization among GPA employees. Defendants concede that this Court has jurisdiction over the dispute pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. Defendants do, however, dispute plaintiffs’ further claims of jurisdiction pursuant to § 1983 of the…
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