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In the United States Court of Appeals For the Seventh Circuit ____________________ No. 25-2185 REGINALD CLAY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant. ____________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the N

KANNE, Circuit Judge. This case calls upon us to resolve whether the district court properly dismissed Clay Monroe’s wrongful discharge claims, which he brought pursuant to the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”) and Illinois public policy. We agree with the district court that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate Monroe’s claims as they were preempted by the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”). Thus, we affirm the

Motion for Rehearing Denied; Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part, and Remanded; and Substitute Opinion filed August 4, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-20-00308-CV UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant V. ANNA DORSEY, Individually and as Representative of the Estates of GLORIA MOORE (Deceased) and SAM MOORE, Jr. (Deceased), BETTY HORACE, Individuall

Motion for Rehearing Granted; Affirmed in Part, Reversed in Part, and Remanded; and Opinion on Rehearing filed June 2, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-20-00308-CV UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant V. ANNA DORSEY, Individually and as Representative of the Estates of GLORIA MOORE (Deceased) and SAM MOORE, Jr. (Deceased), BETTY HORACE, Individu

Affirmed and Opinion filed March 31, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-20-00308-CV UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant V. ANNA DORSEY, Individually and as Representative of the Estates of GLORIA MOORE (Deceased) and SAM MOORE, Jr. (Deceased), BETTY HORACE, Individually and as Representative of the Estate of THOMAS HORACE (Deceased

212 F.3d 386 (8th Cir. 2000) UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, APPELLANT,v.ST. LOUIS MARKETPLACE, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP; THOMAS A. VILLA, MICHAEL SHEEHAN; JACK GARVEY; CLAUDE TAYLOR; GERALDINE OSBORN, ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT; FRANCIS SLAY, HONORABLE, PRESIDENT; IRENE J. SMITH, HONORABLE, 1ST WARD; NANCY S. WEBER, HONORABLE, 2ND WARD; FREEMAN BOSLEY, SR., HONORABLE, 3RD WARD; BERTHA MITCHELL, HONORABLE, 4TH WARD; MARY ROSS, HONORABLE, 5TH WAR

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF IOWA No. 20-0814 Filed June 16, 2021 UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and MIDWESTERN RAILROAD PROPERTIES, Plaintiffs-Appellees, vs. DRAINAGE DISTRICT 67 BOARD OF TRUSTEES, GARY RABE, in his capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees, KEITH HELVING, in his capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees, and DENNIS PROCHASKA, in his capacity as a member of the Board of Trustees,

HEANEY, Circuit Judge. Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) appeals the district court’s judgment in its suit against former officials of the City of St. Louis (City) and others. We affirm in part and reverse in part. I. BACKGROUND In 1990, the City and two private entities, Midland Equities, Inc. and St. Louis Marketpl

*696 KANNE, Circuit Judge. Appellants Frank Burks and Cornelius Jones were, at the relevant times, employed by the Union Pacific Railroad Company (“Union Pacific”). They claim that Union Pacific denied them the opportunity to take a test that was required for promotion, and did so based on impermissible r

GUIDRY, Justice.* | ExxonMobil Pipeline Company (hereinafter, “ExxonMobil”) as a common carrier pipeline company seeks to expropriate land belonging to Union Pacific Railroad Company (hereinafter, “Union Pacific”) for a private, restricted-access, at-grade surface crossing over Union Pacific’s spur track and runaround track in Plaquemine, Louisiana. These tracks are used to service customers Shin

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER LIMBAUGH, Senior District Judge. This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification (#41). Plaintiffs filed the instant suit on April 29, 2002, against Union Pacific Railroad Company (“UPRR”), and subsequently filed their Amended Complaint on June 4, 2002. The Amended Complaint in this case alleges, on behalf of six plaintiffs, a wide variety of types

497 F.Supp.2d 800 (2007) Clinton HAZELTON & Brandy Hazelton v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO., E.J. Pierre, Keith McClinton & State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development, et al. No. Civ.A. 07-615. United States District Court, W.D. Louisiana. Lafayette-Opelousas Division. July 11, 2007. *801 J. Wendel Fus

BAUER, Circuit Judge. Plaintiff Glenn E. Jones sued Union Pacific Railroad Company for violations of 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. and 42 U.S.C. § 1981, after he was dismissed from his position for gross insubordination following an incident at the rail yard where he worked. Jones moved for summary judgment and Union Pacific responded. The district court granted

ZAGER, Justice. In this appeal, we must determine under Iowa’s laws relating to drainage districts, who is responsible for the costs to repair and improve old underground drainage tiles which run under a railroad roadbed. Hardin County Drainage District 55 (Hardin County) argues that the Union Pacific Railroad Company (Union Pacific) should be responsible for repair of a subterr

138 S.W.3d 799 (2004) Jennifer SISK, Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, et al., Defendant, Jackson County, Missouri, Respondent. No. WD 62441. Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District. July 20, 2004. *800 Michael S. Dodig, Lee's Summit, MO, for appellant. Kathleen Kedigh, Kansas City, MO, for respondent.<

50 S.W.3d 226 (2001) Kimberly R. ALCORN, Respondent, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY and National Railroad Passenger Corporation, d/b/a Amtrak, Appellants, Curtis Edwards, Respondent. No. SC 82325. Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc. May 29, 2001. Rehearing Denied July 24, 2001. *231 Thomas B. Weaver, Theid

IN THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS WESTERN DISTRICT CAROLYN HOLMES, Personal ) Representative for the Estate of ) ROBERT V. HOLMES, ) ) WD82867 Appellant, ) v. )

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-21-00244-CV ___________________________ GREG HANSON, Appellant V. FORT WORTH & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellee On Appeal from the 96th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 096-316600-20

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 18–2039 Submitted December 15, 2020—Filed March 5, 2021 RICHARD J. WERMERSKIRCHEN and CAROL M. WERMERSKIRCHEN, Appellants, vs. CANADIAN NATIONAL RAILROAD, a/k/a CN, a/k/a CN RAILWAY, CHICAGO, CENTRAL & PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a/k/a CCP, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, TIM DORSEY, and JOSH VOKEM, Appellees. On review from the Iowa Court of Appeals. Appeal from the Iowa

242 S.W.2d 34 (1951) BANTA v. UNION PAC. R. CO. No. 42208. Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1. July 9, 1951. Motion for Rehearing or to Transfer to Denied September 10, 1951. *36 Douglas Stripp, W. Coleman Branton, and Ralph S. Irwin, Jr., all of Kansas City, Watson, Ess, Whittaker, Marshall & Enggas,