WICKS v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO.

Nos. 16189, 16305.

121 F.Supp. 454 (1954)

WICKS v. SOUTHERN PAC. CO. JENSEN v. UNION PAC. R. CO. et al.

United States District Court S. D. California, Central Division.

May 26, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hill, Farrer & Burrill, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

C. W. Cornell, E. D. Yeomans, Roger M. Sullivan and Randolph Karr, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Southern Pac. Co.

Lester P. Schoene and Milton Kramer, Washington, D. C., P. H. McCarthy, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for intervening defendant, Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes.

E. E. Bennett, Edward C. Renwick, Malcolm Davis, Jack Crumley and Donald M. Ladd, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant Union Pac. R. Co.

Irl Davis Brett, Los Angeles, Cal., Mulholland, Robie & Hickey, Washington, D. C., for intervening defendant Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes.


HARRISON, District Judge.

These companion cases are suits to enjoin the discharge of plaintiff employees by the defendants pursuant to "union shop" agreements which require the discharge of employees who fail to join the union. The plaintiff in each case is a long time employee in good standing and each has acquired valuable rights such as seniority, pass privileges and the like by virtue of his employment. They refuse...

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