BROTHERHOOD OF LOCO. ENGINEERS v. UNION PACIFIC RR

No. 17-1897.

905 F.3d 537 (2018)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 25, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Persoon , Attorney, Michael Augustine Schorsch , Attorney, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Tabitha G. Davisson , Attorney, Clifford A. Godiner , Attorney, Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO, Ryan D. Wilkins , Attorney, Union Pacific Railroad Company, Law Department, Omaha, NE, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.


Union Pacific Railroad Company hired Richard Griff in the mid-1980s. Griff was promoted from locomotive engineer to management over the next several years, only to be fired in 2013 when the railroad discovered that he had falsified safety and training documentation. Griff objected to his termination on procedural grounds, arguing...

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