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United States Ninth Circuit


Rookaird v. BNSF Railway Co., 16-35786

Vacated a judgment entered after trial that a train conductor was unlawfully fired because he refused to stop performing a safety test on a train he was tasked with moving. Remanded for further proceedings regarding the contributing-factor element of his Federal Railroad Safety Act retaliation claim.

Appellate Information

  • Decided
  • Published 2018/11/08

Judges

  • Tunheim

Court

  • United States Ninth Circuit

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