Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern Railroad
District Court, D. Montana
Decided July 31, 1985No. CV-84-213-GFPublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
HATFIELD, District Judge.
The present action for injunctive and declaratory relief has its genesis in a dispute between the plaintiff, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (“Brotherhood”) and the Burlington Northern Railroad Company (“BN”) concerning the validity of the BN’s unilateral implementation of a program designed to deter the on-duty use of intoxicat ing substances by train crew personnel. The Brotherhood and the BN are parties to a collective bargaining agreement, subject to the provisions of the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. Jurisdiction of this action…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Union Pacific Railroad v. SheehanSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Local 553, Transport Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- United Transportation Union v. Penn Central Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Railway Labor Executives Association v. Norfolk and Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Brotherhood Of Maintenance Of Way Employees, Lodge 16 v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
- Transport Workers' Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthorityDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1988
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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