Fletcher H. Hanson v. The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, a Corporation

Fletcher H. Hanson and others appealed from a decision of the District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia 1 granting the motion for summary judgment filed by the Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company (hereinafter C. & 0. or railroad), and denying enforcement of an award of the National Railroad Adjustment Board, Third Division. The Board decided that the transfer by the C. & 0. of work from one seniority district 2 to another 3 without consulting the union violated the collective bargaining agreement which contained a basic provision that established seniority districts should not…