TRANSCONTINENTAL AIR v. KOPPAL.

No. 509.

345 U.S. 653 (1953)

TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, INC. v. KOPPAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Horace G. Hitchcock argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Gerald B. Brophy, Ruby D. Garrett, Harold L. Warner, Jr. and Francis E. Koch.

Fred J. Freel and Ray D. Jones, Jr. argued the cause for respondent. With them on the brief was John R. Baty.


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents two questions: (1) whether a discharged employee of a carrier that is subject to the Railway Labor Act is precluded by that Act from resorting to a state-recognized cause of action for wrongful discharge and, if not, (2) whether, in such action, he must show that he has exhausted his administrative remedies, under his contract of employment. For the reasons hereafter stated, our answer to the...

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