POWELL v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 20850.

166 F.Supp. 448 (1958)

Robert POWELL et al. v. The PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

On Petition for Allowance of Counsel Fees June 24, 1958.

On Motion to Vacate Order of Court Approving Compromise Settlement July 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Richette (of Meehan, Neil & Richette), Philadelphia, Pa., Harold K. Wood, U. S. Atty., Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

Philip Price, Owen B. Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for Pennsylvania R. R. Co.

Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., for G. M. Harrison, Brotherhood of Ry. & S.S. Clerks, Pennsylvania System Board of Adjustment, S. V. M. Loehr.


KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This action, though not such in form, has become, in substance, a suit for the enforcement of an order of the National Railroad Adjustment Board. The order in question was dated January 25, 1949, and was based upon two grievances, filed in 1944 and 1945 by the Brotherhood against the Pennsylvania Railroad, complaining of its use in two of its freight stations of employees of an independent contractor (Pilot Contracting Company), thereby depriving...

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