Cousins v. Pullman Co.’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 2 state decisions

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1. ““In the Cousins Case, supra, which is directly in point on the questions involved in this appeal, it is said by the court: ‘The ■doctrine is well settled that where the contract of employment provides, as in the instant case, that a discharged employee may appeal to designated tribunals, he is bound to pursue the contract remedy and ■cannot properly complain to a court for redress, unless and until he exhausts that remedy, and shows an effective appeal, entitling him to reinstatement and compensation for wages lost.’ ” (All emphasis is ours.)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. McCombs v. Texas N. O. R. Co.