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OLIPHANT v. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIRE. & ENG.

No. 13387.

262 F.2d 359 (1958)

Lee OLIPHANT et al., Appellants, v. BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied March 9, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., Washington, D. C., John Silard, Washington, D. C., on brief, for appellants.

Harold C. Heiss, Cleveland, Ohio, Milton Kramer, Washington, D. C., Russell B. Day, Cleveland, Ohio, on brief, for appellees.

Harold Ticktin, Cleveland, Ohio, Rowland Watts, New York City, on brief amici curiæ, American Civil Liberties Union and the Ohio Civil Liberties Union.

Before MARTIN and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

Certiorari Denied March 9, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 648.

PER CURIAM.

Appellants are Negro firemen who brought suit in the United States District Court for themselves and others similarly situated, seeking admission to membership in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen whose constitution limits membership to applicants "white born". This appeal is from an order of the United States District Court denying the...

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