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CSX Transp. Inc. v. Transp. Communications Int'l Union

Administrative Law, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In suit brought to vacate several arbitration awards issued by the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and arising from a labor dispute, summary...

El v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transp. Auth.

Civil Rights, Criminal Law & Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a Title VII action alleging employment discrimination based on race arising from state transportation agency's policy, which allegedly...

CRST Van Expedited, Inc. v. Werner Enters.

Attorney's Fees, Commercial Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Trade Secrets, Transportation
In an action involving a corporation's allegations that its competitor lured away employees who had signed employment contracts, dismissal of common...

Phason v. Meridian Rail Corp.

Class Actions, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act arising out of the sale of a rail operation, the district court's conclusion...

Coffey v. Northeast IL Reg'l Commuter RR Corp.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit by a railroad engineer against his employer alleging negligence under the Federal Employers Liability Act and a violation of the Locomotive...

Rico v. Flores

Civil Procedure, Immigration Law, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action brought by the estates of deceased illegal immigrants arising from the immigrants' deaths while stowed in a grain hopper railroad car in...

Port Auth. of N.Y. & N.J. v. Deo't of Transp.

Administrative Law, Transportation
In case where petitioner increased fees charged at an international terminal at Newark Liberty Airport, final decision principally ordering petitioner...

Bhd. of Maint. of Way Employees v. CSX Transp., Inc.

Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit alleging that railroad carriers violated collective bargaining rights by substituting contractual leave for leave under the Family and...

Jet Source Charter, Inc. v. Doherty

Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Remedies, Transportation
Jury verdict for plaintiff finding that defendant aircraft dealers owed plaintiff fiduciary duties and that they breached them is reversed as to an...

American Roll-On Roll-Off Carrier, LLC v. P&O Ports Baltimore, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Transportation
In case involving damage to ship and cargo caused by equipment that broke free of its lashings at sea, summary judgment for defendant stevedoring...