POLK v. AMTRAK NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP.

No. 22-1912.

66 F.4th 500 (2023)

Dawn C. POLK Plaintiff-Appellant v. AMTRAK NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION; Andrew Collins, Amtrak D.ER; Alton Lamontagne, Roadforeman Manager; Tracey Armstrong, Trainmaster Manager Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: April 26, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Denise M. Clark , CLARK LAW GROUP, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Alison Nadine Davis , LITTLER MENDELSON P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Rosa T. Goodman , LITTLER MENDELSON, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Agee and Judge Heytens joined.


Congress enacted the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., to curb disruption of the rail yards, tracks, and terminals that tie our economy together. As relevant here, the statute directs workers and carriers to resolve their differences through mediation and arbitration. But Dawn Polk, a rail...

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