Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit November 2, 1993, 92-3328 (D.J. Bates v. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company)

WILLIAMS, Senior District Judge.

In March 1985, the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (“Railroad”) fired D.J. Bates, who it had employed as a yard clerk. Bates appealed the Railroad’s decision to the National Railroad Adjustment Board, which upheld the termination. He then filed a petition for review of the Board’s decision in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.