KOEHLER v. ILL. CENTRAL GULF R.R. CO.

No. 60233.

109 Ill.2d 473 (1985)

488 N.E.2d 542

FRED A. KOEHLER, Appellant, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL GULF RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied February 4, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C.E. Heiligenstein and Brad L. Badgley, of Belleville, and James H. Cooksey, of Crain, Cooksey, Veltman & Pursell, Ltd., of Centralia, for appellant.

Gundlach, Lee, Eggmann, Boyle & Roessler, of Belleville (Richard F. Nash and James R. Garrison, of counsel), for appellee.

James C. Cook, of Walker & Williams, P.C., of Belleville, and Nina K. Wuestling, of St. Louis, Missouri, for amici curiae Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and Alton & Southern Railway Company.

Baker & McKenzie, of Chicago (Francis D. Morrissey and Andrew J. Boling, of counsel), for amici curiae Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. et al.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Fred A. Koehler, filed suit in the circuit court of St. Clair County against defendant, the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Company, his employer, alleging retaliatory discharge. Defendant moved to dismiss the suit, arguing that resolution of plaintiff's complaint for retaliatory discharge came within the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Railroad Adjustment Board pursuant...

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