DIEHL v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD CO.

No. 246.

348 U.S. 960 (1955)

DIEHL v. LEHIGH VALLEY RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Montgomery Leet argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Sheldon E. Bernstein. Richard R. Lyman argued the cause for respondents. With him on a brief were Clarence M. Mulholland and Edward J. Hickey, Jr. for the System Federation No. 96, Railway Employes' Department, A.F. of L., et al respondents. Thomas Price Mikell and Harry E. Sprogell filed a brief for the Lehigh Valley Railroad Co., respondent. Solicitor General Sobeloff, Assistant Attorney General Burger and Samuel D. Slade filed a memorandum for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.


Per Curiam.

Upon the facts disclosed in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 211 F.2d 95, the applicable Acts of Congress, and the opinion of this Court in Oakley v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 338 U.S. 278, the judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed. MR. JUSTICE REED dissents for the reasons given in the opinion of the Court of Appeals for the...

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