EDWARDS v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

No. 7:18-CV-169-BO, No. 7:18-CV-178-BO.

684 F.Supp.3d 443 (2023)

Jimmy EDWARDS, Robert Hunt, Dolores Hunt, Clifford McKellar, Jr., and Emma McKellar, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., Defendant. West Lumberton Baptist Church, Currie Chain Saw, Inc., C.J.M. Ventures, Inc., William Locklear d/b/a Strickland's Barbershop, TBL Environmental Laboratory, Inc., Sammy's Auto Sales, Inc., and Eric Chavis, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CSX Transportation, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. North Carolina, Southern Division.

Filed July 31, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew D. Schultz , William F. Cash, III , Levin Papantonio Thomas Mitchell Rafferty & Proctor, P.A., Pensacola, FL, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Gregory F. Coleman , William A. Ladnier , Greg Coleman Law PC, Knoxville, TN, Jeremy R. Williams , Scott C. Harris , Daniel K. Bryson , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Matthew E. Lee , Whitfield Bryson LLP, Raleigh, NC, for Plaintiffs Jimmy Edwards, Robert Hunt, Dolores Hunt, Clifford McKellar, Jr., Emma McKellar in No. 7:18-CV-169.

Daniel K. Bryson , Martha A. Geer , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Matthew E. Lee , Whitfield Bryson LLP, Raleigh, NC, Jay J. Chaudhuri , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Leslie M. Kroeger , Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Adam J. Langino , Langino Law PLLC, Chapel Hill, NC, Gregory F. Coleman , William A. Ladnier , Greg Coleman Law PC, Knoxville, TN, for Plaintiffs West Lumberton Baptist Church, Currie Chain Saw, Inc., C.J.M. Ventures, Inc., William Locklear, TBL Environmental Laboratory, Inc., Sammy's Auto Sales, Inc., Eric Chavis in No. 7:18-CV-169.

Henry L. Kitchin, Jr. , McGuireWoods, LLP, Raleigh, NC, April N. Ross , Matthew A. Cohen , Rachel P. Raphael , Ruben Reyna , Scott L. Winkelman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant in No. 7:18-CV-169.

Gary K. Shipman , Shipman & Associates, LLP, Wilmington, NC, Theodore J. Leopold , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, Adam J. Langino , Langino Law PLLC, Chapel Hill, NC, Daniel K. Bryson , Martha A. Geer , Milberg Coleman Bryson Phillips Grossman, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Jay J. Chaudhuri , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Raleigh, NC, Douglas J. McNamara , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs in No. 7:18-CV-178.

Henry L. Kitchin, Jr. , McGuireWoods, LLP, Raleigh, NC, April N. Ross , Scott L. Winkelman , Crowell & Moring LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendant in No. 7:18-CV-178.


ORDER

This consolidated action is before the Court on defendant CSX Transportation's motion for summary judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 56. Plaintiffs have responded, defendant has replied, and the motion is ripe for ruling. For the reasons that follow, defendant's motion for summary...

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