THOMAS v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO.

Nos. 74-2561, 74-3518.

521 F.2d 208 (1975)

Ota D. THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD CO. and Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ota D. THOMAS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY, AIRLINE & STEAMSHIP CLERKS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 20, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Gemeinhardt, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs-appellants in both cases.

C. Paul Barker, New Orleans, La., for Bro. of Railway, and others in both cases.

H. Martin Hunley, Jr., Victor H. Hess, Jr., New Orleans, La., Martin W. Fingerhut, Chicago, Ill., for Ill. Central RR. Co. in both cases.

Maurice S. Cazaubon, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Bro. of Railway, and others in 74-3518.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 20, 1976.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs-appellants in this case are forty-one former employees of the Illinois Central Hospital Association whose jobs were terminated when the hospital site in New Orleans, Louisiana, was sold to the Dome Stadium Commission in 1970. The plaintiffs claimed entitlement to certain separation benefits granted under an agreement negotiated in 1965 ['65 Agreement] between most...

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