WILLIAMS v. NORFOLK & W. RY. CO.

No. 74-1549.

530 F.2d 539 (1975)

David WILLIAMS and Junius B. Russell, Appellants, v. NORFOLK AND WESTERN RAILWAY CO., and Local 1889, United Transportation Union, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard I. Legum, Norfolk, Va. (Fine, Fine, Legum & Fine, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellants.

James T. Turner, Norfolk, Va. (Williams, Worrell, Kelly & Worthington, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for Norfolk & W. Ry. Co.

Walton G. Bondurant, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Willard J. Moody, Moody, McMurran & Miller, Portsmouth, Va., on brief), for Local 1889, United Transp. Union.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BUTZNER and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

In Rock v. Norfolk & Western Ry., 473 F.2d 1344 (4th Cir. 1973), we ordered the dovetailing of the separate seniority rosters of the railroad's black barney yard and white CT yard in Norfolk, Virginia. David Williams and Junius B. Russell, two black barney yard brakemen, claim that their seniority on the new roster should date from the time they began working at the Virginian Railroad Company, which...

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