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HINDS v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORP.

Civ. A. No. 81-3.

518 F.Supp. 1350 (1981)

Leslie R. HINDS, Darlene Thomas, Crescencio S. Miranda, Daniel Gailliard and William S. Smith, Plaintiffs, v. CONSOLIDATED RAIL CORPORATION, Defendant.

Special Court, Regional Rail Reorganization Act.

July 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Sedler, Detroit, Mich., and Harold M. Provizer, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Harry A. Rissetto, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Washington, D.C., for defendant.

Raymond M. Larizza, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for intervenor United States.

Before FRIENDLY, Presiding Judge, and WISDOM and THOMSEN, Judges.

WISDOM, Judge:

In this class action five plaintiffs attack the constitutionality of § 501 of the Staggers Rail Act of 1980, P.L. 96-448, 94 Stat. 1895 (1980) ("Staggers Act"). That section changes the method of calculating the employee income protection provided by § 505(b) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, P.L. 93-236, 87 Stat. 985 (1974), 45 U.S.C. §§ 701-794 (1976 & Supp. III 1979) ("RRR Act" or "the Act"). Each of the plaintiffs...

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