Legal Opinion

Southern Pacific Transportation Company, a Corporation v. United Transportation Union, a Labor Organization, (Utu), A. H. Chesser, President

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided May 13, 1974No. 72-2013PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

EAST, Senior District Judge:

THE CASE

The defendants-appellants (Union) are, for our purposes, the representatives of the Switchmen employees of the plaintiff-appellee (Southern Pacific) and appeal from the District Court’s order dated April 3, 1972, granting a restraint of a strike called and being conducted by the Union against Southern Pacific.

A brief narration of background history is warranted. In November of 1961, certain herder 1 agreements were entered into between Southern Pacific and the Switchmen, giving switchmen exclusive right to line switches in the performance of herding…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  2. Glus v. Brooklyn Eastern District TerminalSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  3. Insurance Co. v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1872
  4. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Washington Terminal CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  5. Anaconda Wire & Cable Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Local 553, Transport Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
  2. United Transportation Union v. Penn Central Transportation CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
  3. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  4. Chicago and Northwestern Transportation Company v. United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
  5. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Burlington Northern RailroadDistrict Court, D. Montana · 1985

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