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ABATE v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSP. CO.

No. 90-3629 Summary Calendar.

928 F.2d 167 (1991)

Charles V. ABATE, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher B. Little, Lawrence M. Mann, Alper & Mann, Washington, D.C., Louis L. Robein, Jr., Gardner, Robein & Urann, Metairie, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Lowell V. Sturgill, Jr., Richard A. Olderman, Leonard Schaitman, Justice Dept., Civ. Div., Appellate Staff, for Federal R.R. Admin.

Raymond J. Salassi, Jr., H. Mark Adams, Richard Schroeder, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, La., for Southern Pacific Transp. Co.

Michael R. O'Keefe, III, John M. Girault, Benjamin Richard Slater, Jr., Monroe & Lemann, Julie Ellen Rodriguq, Oschner Medical Institute In House Counsel, New Orleans, La., for Alton Oschner Medical Foundation, Inc.

Paul McConnell Batiza, McGlinchey, Stafford, Cellini & Lang, New Orleans, La., for Logan & Nelson Clinic, et al.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants, six railroad employees and two of their unions, sought to assert an implied private right of action under the Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 421-445, and the implementing regulations governing federally-mandated drug-testing programs. Appellants sought both injunctive relief and compensatory and punitive damages. The district court ruled that the FRSA did not afford appellants a private right of...

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