New Orleans City & Lake Railroad v. State Board of Arbitration
Supreme Court of Louisiana
PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J. The power of this board of arbitration extends only to controversies between employer and employés. It has no power to entertain complaints made by persons who are not employés, and who have no written authority to represent a majority of employés.
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PPEAL from the Civil District Court for the Parish of Orleans. King, J. The power of this board of arbitration extends only to controversies between employer and employés. It has no power to entertain complaints made by persons who are not employés, and who have no written authority to represent a majority of employés. The board of arbitration is not a court, within the meaning of the Constitution, and therefore no certiorari will lie, nor can the supervisory powers granted to the Supreme Court by Art. 90 of the Constitution be invoked. The articles of the Civil Code and the Code of Practice…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Breaux, J.
The plaintiff appealed from a judgment of the District Court dismissing its injunction by which it seeks to prevent the defendant board from entertaining or considering a controversy over which it insists the defendant has no jurisdiction.
The substantial facts alleged for the injunction were, plaintiff alleges, that the New Orleans Street Railway Employés Union prepared a “ memorandum ” for its signature, which it declined to sign, for the reason that it would involve a surrender, practically, of the management and control of its property to…
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- Renaud v. State Court of Mediation & ArbitrationMichigan Supreme Court · 1900
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1898
- In re Georgia & F. Ry.District Court, S.D. Georgia · 1914