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REPUBLIC STEEL v. MADDOX

No. 43.

379 U.S. 650 (1965)

REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. v. MADDOX.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel H. Burr argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Andrew J. Thomas and James R. Forman, Jr.

Richard L. Jones argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were John D. Prince, Jr., and Edwin L. Brobston.

J. Albert Woll, Robert C. Mayer, Theodore, J. St. Antoine and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Maddox brought suit in an Alabama state court against his employer, the Republic Steel Corporation, for severance pay amounting to $694.08, allegedly owed him under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement existing between Republic and Maddox' union. Maddox had been laid off in December 1953. The collective bargaining agreement called for severance...

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