Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
District Court, E.D. South Carolina
Decided July 12, 1965No. Civ. A. No. 6889PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEMPHILL, Chief Judge.
Heard by the Court, with a jury, at the December, 1964 Term of Civil Court for the Florence Division, United States Courts for the Eastern District of South Carolina. Plaintiff claims that the acts of defendant Brotherhood caused him to lose his seniority as a Mail Porter, with resulting deprivation of his rightful tours of duty and opportunities for employment with the ACL Railroad. He sought actual damages for past losses, plus allowance for such losses as might accrue pending a final determination, punitive damages, and future losses. Trial resulted in a verdict for…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Republic Steel Corp. v. MaddoxSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Local 1251 International Union Of United Automobile, Aircraft And Agricultural Implement Workers Of America Uaw v. Robertshaw Controls CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
- Fred Thompson v. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an Unincorporated Railroad Labor Organization, National in ScopeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Neal v. Reliance Electric & Engineering Co.Ohio Court of Appeals · 1967
- Local 1251 International Union of United Automobile Workers v. Robertshaw Controls Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968