CONNER v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO.

No. 10015.

177 F.2d 854 (1949)

CONNER et al. v. PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1949.

Rehearing Denied October 5, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John W. Cragun, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George R. Stewart, Riley A. Gwynn and Thomas Searing Jackson, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. R. N. Clattenburg, Philadelphia, Pa., of the Bar of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, pro hac vice, by special leave of Court, with whom Messrs. Hugh B. Cox and James G. Johnson, Jr., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

Mr. Carl McFarland, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Kenneth L. Kimble and Grant W. Kelleher, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees other than The Pennsylvania Railroad Co.

Before CLARK, WILBUR K. MILLER and PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

This is a civil action for declaratory judgment. Appellants sued in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated. They are employees of the appellee Railroad. The individual appellees are also employees of the Railroad. The problem concerns the rights of returned veterans under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940.1 It arises because of certain practices, covered by the agreement between the Railroad...

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