U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
John James v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co
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- Type
- Opinion
- Author
- Jane Branstetter Stranch
- Filed
- July 22, 2025
- Case
- John James v. Norfolk Southern Railway Co
- Case status
- Decided
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NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PUBLICATION File Name: 25a0358n.06 No. 24-3275 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT FILED Jul 22, 2025 JOHN A. JAMES; AARON TIFFANY; ) KELLY L. STEPHENS, Clerk ) CHRISTOPHER KOPF, ) Plaintiffs-Appellants, ) ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED ) v. STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR ) THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF )) NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY OHIO ) COMPANY, aka Norfolk Southern ) Corporation, et al., OPINION ) Defendants-Appellees. ) ) Before: GILMAN, STRANCH, and LARSEN, Circuit Judges. JANE B. STRANCH, Circuit Judge. Plaintiffs John James, Aaron Tiffany, and Christopher Kopf are former employees of Norfolk Southern Railway (NSR) whose terminations were upheld in arbitrations under the Railway Labor Act (RLA). They bring fraud claims regarding the arbitrator selected to adjudicate their terminations, naming as defendants: NSR; the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET), a national railway labor union; and a BLET subpart, Norfolk Southern Northern Lines/CF&E General Committee of Adjustment (GCA) (together with BLET, the “Union Defendants”). They also bring claims that the Union Defendants breached the duty of fair representation. Plaintiffs James and Tif…
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