United States Tenth Circuit

Seniority rights are not "rights, privileges, and benefits" under 49 USC 11326 and thus can be modified upon merger of railroad companies.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/19/2001
• Published 09/19/2001

Judges

• CUDAHY, Circuit Judge., Before EBEL, McKAY, and CUDAHY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce H. Stoltze,Brick, Gentry, Bowers, Swartz, Stoltze, Schuling & Levis, P.C., Des Moines, IA, for Petitioners.


• For Appellees:
  
• Marilyn R. Levitt, Attorney, (Ellen D. Hanson, General Counsel, Craig M. Yeats, Deputy General Counsel, and Louis Mackall, V, Attorney, with her on the brief), Washington, DC, for Respondent Surface Transportation Board., Brenda J. Council, Kutak Rock LLP, Omaha, NE, for Respondent-Intervenor Union Pacific Railroad Company., Joseph A. Guerrieri, Jr. and John A. Edmond, Guerrieri, Edmond & Clayman, P.C., Washington, DC, filed a brief on behalf of Respondent-Intervenor United Transportation Union.