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BRITTON v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 19317.

303 F.2d 274 (1962)

George BRITTON et al., Appellants, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY and The Grand Lodge Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 17, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest D. Jackson, Sr., Jacksonville, Fla., for appellants.

Richard R. Lyman, Toledo, Ohio, Wm. H. Adams, III, Jacksonville, Fla., Botts, Mahoney, Whitehead, Ramsaur & Hadlow, Jacksonville, Fla., Mulholland, Robie & Hickey, Toledo, Ohio, for appellee Grand Lodge Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America.

Clark W. Toole, Jr., Jacksonville, Fla., Ragland, Kurz, Toole & Martin, Jacksonville, Fla., of counsel, for appellee, Atlantic Coast Line R. Co.

Before BROWN, WISDOM and BELL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This was a complaint brought by or on behalf of certain Negro railroad workers seeking relief against the Brotherhood Railway Carmen of America, of which they are members, and the Railroad for allegedly abolishing certain jobs previously performed by them and wrongfully assigning similar work to others. The District Court dismissed the complaint on the ground that the Court was without jurisdiction since exclusive...

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