Legal Opinion

Southern Pacific Company v. W. H. Wilson

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided May 11, 1967No. 23685_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

On review of an award of a National Railroad Adjustment Board which upheld the discharge of a railroad employee, Wilson, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas remanded the cause to the Board for a hearing on Wilson’s constitutional claim that he had been denied due process of law. The railroad, Southern Pacific Company, brings this interlocutory appeal challenging the jurisdiction of the district court.

Since December 17, 1951, W. H. Wilson (appellee) had been employed as a fireman by the Southern Pacific Company (appellant), a carrier within…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gunther v. San Diego & Arizona Eastern Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Edwards v. St. Louis-San Francisco RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966
  3. J. H. Hodges and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Atlantic Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
  4. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Denver & Rio Grande Western RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1966
  5. Delmar v. Rittle v. R.E.A. ExpressCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Ralph Wells v. Southern Airways, Inc., Air Line Pilots Association, InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  2. Thomas C. Hall v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  3. Irving Rosen and Sidney A. Kanter v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
  4. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  5. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees v. St. Johnsbury & Lamoille County RailroadDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1981

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