RUFFIN v. BROTHERHOOD OF RY. & S. C., F. H. & S. E., PRR S. B.

Civ. A. No. 42761.

314 F.Supp. 1365 (1970)

Moses RUFFIN, Individually and on behalf of others similarly affected v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS AND STATION EMPLOYEES, PRR SYSTEM BOARD.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 23, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence J. Richette, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Allen S. Olmsted 2nd, Joseph Neff Ewing, Jr., of Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.


OPINION

HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

I.

INTRODUCTION

After twenty years this railway labor dispute has truly come to the end of the line. For reasons to be elaborated below I shall grant defendant's amended motion to dismiss.

On May 18, 1967, plaintiff filed a class action on behalf of some six hundred tallymen (freight handlers and checkers), seeking a mandatory injunction to compel...

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