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WASHINGTON v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY

Civ. No. 711.

174 F.Supp. 33 (1958)

Curtis H. WASHINGTON et al., Plaintiffs, v. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Georgia, Macon Division.

June 27, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rauh & Levy, by John Silard, Washington, D. C., Phillips & Mullis, by J. Taylor Phillips, Macon, Ga., for intervenors.

Julian C. Sipple, Asst. General Solicitor, Savannah, for Central of Georgia Railway.

Benning M. Grice, Macon, Ga., Russell B. Day, Cleveland, Ohio, for Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen.

BOOTLE, District Judge.

The above action was instituted in this Court on December 12th, 1949, by a number of Negro firemen on the Central of Georgia Railway Company to strike down racial discrimination then practiced under the Southeastern Carriers' Conference Agreement of February 18th, 1941 limiting Negro firemen, euphemistically referred to therein as non-promotable firemen, to 50% in each class of service. The action accomplished its purpose in that on March 25th...

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