MARSHALL v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY CO.

Civ. A. No. 834.

147 F.Supp. 855 (1956)

John D. MARSHALL, D. Gothie, B. C. Cartledge, E. V. Allen, James Sparks, Leroy Campbell, J. Lyons and Southern Association of Colored Railroad Trainmen, Incorporated v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, Local Lodge No. 721, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, E. G. Byington, Z. P. Logan, and W. A. Nealy.

United States District Court S. D. Georgia, Savannah Division.

October 24, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kirk McAlpin (of Bouhan, Lawrence, Williams & Levy), Savannah, Ga., for Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen.

Ralph L. Crawford, Savannah, Ga., for John D. Marshall.

Julian Sipple (of Lawton & Cunningham), Savannah, Ga., for Central of Georgia R. Co.


SCARLETT, District Judge.

The plaintiffs as Negro trainmen employed in the Savannah Division of the Central of Georgia Railway Company and the Southern Association of Colored Railroad Trainmen bring an action on behalf of such Negro trainmen and others similarly situated against the defendants to prevent their putting into effect the five day work week under a collective bargaining agreement entered into between railroads...

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