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COPPINGER v. METRO-NORTH COMMUTER R.R.

No. 80, Docket 88-7334.

861 F.2d 33 (1988)

Ronald COPPINGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METRO-NORTH COMMUTER RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 3, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul T. Hofmann, New York City (Phillips Cappiello Kalban Hofmann & Katz, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Mary Ann Mills, New York City (Karen Timko, Walter E. Zullig, Jr., New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellee.

Before CARDAMONE and PRATT, Circuit Judges and TENNEY, District Judge.

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a dismissal of plaintiff's complaint presents the single legal issue of whether a district court has jurisdiction to hear a discharged employee's claim for damages and equitable relief in an action brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, even though the discharge has been upheld in compulsory and binding arbitration pursuant to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. (1982) (RLA).

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