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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD CO.

No. 94-1592.

516 U.S. 152 (1996)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ET AL. v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILROAD CO. et al.

United States Supreme Court.

Decided January 8, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Mann argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were Harold A. Ross and Clinton J. Miller III.

Malcolm L. Stewart argued the cause for the federal respondents. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Days, Assistant Attorney General Hunger, Deputy Solicitor General Kneedler, Leonard Schaitman, John F. Daly, Paul M. Geier, and Daniel Carey Smith. Ronald M. Johnson argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company et al.*

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

Justice Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the Court.

We granted certiorari to resolve a division between two Courts of Appeals regarding the correct statutory classification, under the Hours of Service Act, 49 U. S. C. § 21101 et seq., of the time that train employees spend waiting for transportation at the end of their shift.

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Congress enacted the Hours of Service Act (HSA) in 1907. Hours of Service Act, ch. 2939, § 1, 34 Stat...

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