TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, INC. v. KOPPAL

No. 509.

344 U.S. 933 (1953)

TRANSCONTINENTAL & WESTERN AIR, INC. v. KOPPAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

February 9, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald B. Brophy, Ruby D. Garrett and Horace G. Hitchcock for petitioner.


Certiorari granted limited to questions 1 and 2 presented by the petition for the writ, viz.:

"1. Whether in a diversity action for wrongful discharge by an employee against a carrier subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act, the Act precludes the application by the District Court of state law, otherwise controlling, governing the right to bring the action.

"2. Whether the decisions of this Court in Moore v. Illinois Central R. Co...

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