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BNSF Railway Co. v. United States Department of Labor Administrative Review Board
8th CircuitAugust 14, 2017No. 16-3093Cited 15 times
RemandedBNSF Railway Company
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Wollman, Loken, Nelson
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 8th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
RetaliationWhistleblower
Outcome
The Eighth Circuit reversed and remanded the Administrative Review Board's decision finding FRSA retaliation, concluding the ALJ applied an improper chain-of-events causation theory and the ARB failed to make adequate factual findings regarding intentional retaliation.
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