LOCKHART v. MTA LONG ISLAND RAILROAD

Docket No. 17-2725-cv August Term, 2017.

949 F.3d 75 (2020)

Henry LOCKHART, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MTA LONG ISLAND RAILROAD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

DECIDED: February 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

CHARLES C. GOETSCH (Charles Goetsch Law Offices, LLC, New Haven, Connecticut, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellant.

BRIAN K. SALTZ ( Mark D. Hoffer , The Long Island Rail Road Company Law Department, Jamaica, New York, on the brief), for Defendant-Appellee.

Jacqueline M. Holmes (Jones Day, Washington, D.C.), for Amicus Curiae Counsel for the Association of American Railroads.

Lawrence M. Mann (Alper & Mann, PC, Bethesda, Maryland), for Amicus Curiae Academy of Rail Labor Attorneys.

Before: WINTER, CALABRESI, and LIVINGSTON, Circuit Judges.


Henry Lockhart, a locomotive engineer for the Long Island Rail Road ("LIRR" or "the railroad"), appeals from Judge Furman's grant of summary judgment dismissing his retaliation claims brought under the Federal Rail Safety Act ("FRSA"), 49 U.S.C. § 20109 et seq. To sustain such claims, appellant...

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