THOMAS v. UNION PACIFIC R. CO.

No. 01-2631.

308 F.3d 891 (2002)

Ron THOMAS, Terry Ligas, George Ackerson, Steve Boyd, Steve Foster, Kurt Hudson, William Johnson, Bobby Hawworth, Vern Zietlow, Appellants, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: October 21, 2002.

Rehearing Denied: December 2, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Wright, Jr. (argued), Des Moines, IA, for appellant.

Bruce E. Johnson (argued), Des Moines, IA, for appellee.

Before BOWMAN, RICHARD S. ARNOLD, and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, former employees of appellee Union Pacific Railroad Co. (Union Pacific), appeal from the district court's1 grant of summary judgment to Union Pacific on their discriminatory refusal to rehire claim. We affirm.

I.

Appellants worked as carmen for Union Pacific in Des Moines, Iowa. During the summer and early fall of 1996 they complained to their union about safety inspection violations...

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