Legal Opinion
Alcorn v. Burlington Northern Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 10, 1989No. 88-2412NEPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MARKEY, Chief Judge.
A.E. Alcorn, Z.H. Lewellen, R.E. Carlson, R.V. Yates, T.W. Neihart, L.J. Meehan, L.C. Yates, J.R. Thorstenson, B. Galbreck, R.R. Hemley, R. Koch, and M. Anderson (collectively appellants) appeal from the district court’s1 dismissal of their complaint. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
In the late 1970’s, two major midwestern railroads, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island) and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Milwaukee), declared bankruptcy. On March 4, 1980, several railroads and unions, including the Burlington Northern Railroad…
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