Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Central of Georgia Railway Company

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers appeal from the district court’s decision not to enforce part of a National Railroad Adjustment Board award against Central of Georgia. 1 The unions contend that the court erred: first, in exceeding the scope of review permitted by the Railway Labor Act; second, in holding that the award had “no foundation in reason or fact” for requiring the carrier to make penalty payments to the plaintiff-employee; and third, in holding that the Board failed to comply with the Act when it denied Central’s…