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GRAF v. ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RY. CO.

No. 85-2905.

790 F.2d 1341 (1986)

Daniel K. GRAF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ELGIN, JOLIET AND EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, an Illinois corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Cowgill, Block, Krockey, Cernugel & Cowgill, P.C., Joliet, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

W. Gerald Thursby, Rooks, Pitts & Poust, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUDAHY, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

This case, before us for the second time, see 697 F.2d 771 (7th Cir.1983), again raises interesting questions of federal jurisdiction and labor law. The railroad fired Graf in 1977, ostensibly for having falsified his employment application forms — he says really because he had filed a suit against the railroad under the Federal Employers Liability Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 51 et seq. The collective...

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