Chicago and North Western Transportation Co., Frvr Corporation, and Interstate Commerce Commission v. Railway Labor Executives Association

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellant Railway Labor Executives Association (“RLEA”) appeals from the district court’s order granting a preliminary injunction to appellee Chicago & North Western Transportation Company (“C & NW”) barring a strike by RLEA’s constituent unions and denying RLEA’s motion for a preliminary injunction barring the sale of C & NW’s Duck Creek South line. We have jurisdiction over this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a)(1).

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C & NW is a Class I rail carrier with operations in ten midwestern states. At present C & NW has approximately 9,000 employees. It is a party…