CONNELL v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION

No. 74-2156.

516 F.2d 401 (1975)

Willie CONNELL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 25, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Knight, Jr., D. Frank Davis, Birmingham, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

George C. Longshore, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MURRAH, WISDOM and AINSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This is a class action brought by Willie Connell on behalf of mine foremen who went out on strike in 1945 in support of efforts of the Foremens' Association of America (FAA) to organize supervisors. Foremen at the Wylam Coal Mine in Alabama were denied, in part or in whole, pensions because of the ten-day break in their service caused by the strike. Now they sue to receive their pensions.

Willie Connell started work at the mine as an...

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