Case ID: f2d_192/html/1020-02.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Robert C. NORMAN, Appellant, v. SPOKANE-PORTLAND & SEATTLE RAILWAY CO., a Corporation, Appellee.
    No. 12882.
    United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.
    Dec. 5, 1951.
    Elton Watkins, Portland, Or., for appellant.
    Hugh L. Biggs, George H. Fraser, Cleveland C. Cory, Hart, Spencer, McCulloch, Rockwood & Davies, all of Portland, Or., for appellee.
    Before HEALY and POPE, Circuit Judges, and LEMMON, District Judge.
   PER CURIAM.

This is a suit against a railroad company under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq., by an .employee of a bona fide independent contractor. The appeal is from a judgment dismissing the employee’s suit. The judgment is affirmed for the reason given in the district court’s opinion, D.C., 101 F.Supp. 350.