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Dirks et al. v. Birkholz et al., 1968 — 393 U.S. 820 · caselaw · US
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Dirks et al. v. Birkholz et al.
393 U.S. 820·Supreme Court of the United States·1968
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Opinion
No. 172.
Dirks et al. v. Birkholz et al.
David Previant and David Leo Uelmen for Dirks, John J. Naughton for Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and James P. Reedy for Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Co., petitioners.
Ruth Wey- and for respondents.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 7th Cir. Certiorari granted. Case set to follow No. 158 [mpra],