HOWARD v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY

No. 18146.

361 F.2d 905 (1966)

Simon L. HOWARD, Appellant, v. ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY, a Corporation, and Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, an Unincorporated Association, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

June 17, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara A. Morris, New York City, for appellant. Robert L. Carter, New York City, Clyde Cahill, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., and Frank D. Reeves, Washington, D. C., with her on the brief.

Charles R. Judge, of Dubail, Judge & Kilker, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen. McGlynn & McGlynn, E. St. Louis, Ill., with him on the brief.

Paul R. Moody, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. Ernest D. Grinnell, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., with him on the brief.

Before MATTHES, MEHAFFY and GIBSON, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

Simon L. Howard, a Negro, brought this class action on behalf of all individuals comprising the craft or class of train porters, (approximately 35, all Negroes), against their employer, St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company, and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. The latter has been certified, pursuant to election, by the National Mediation Board as the statutory bargaining representative for the craft or class of brakemen, among others...

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