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RAILROAD TRAINMEN v. HOWARD

No. 458.

343 U.S. 768 (1952)

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL. v. HOWARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 9, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles R. Judge argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Wayland K. Sullivan.

Joseph C. Waddy and Victor Packman argued the cause for Howard, respondent. With them on the brief was Henry D. Espy.

Eugene G. Nahler, James L. Homire, Cornelius H. Skinker, Jr. and Alvin J. Baumann submitted on brief for the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co., respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises questions concerning the power of courts to protect Negro railroad employees from loss of their jobs under compulsion of a bargaining agreement which, to avoid a strike, the railroad made with an exclusively white man's union. Respondent Simon Howard, a Frisco1 train employee for nearly forty years, brought this action on behalf...

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