Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an Unincorporated Association v. Chicago and North Western Railway Company, a Corporation

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Chicago and North Western Railway Company (North Western) brought this action against the defendant labor organizations and officers thereof for declaratory judgment as authorized by 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2201, 2202, to deter.mine the rights of the parties with respect to the lawful procedures to be followed in adjusting seniority rights of employees affected by the consolidation of plaintiff’s railroad yard with the newly acquired Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Company (M. & St. L.) yard at Marshalltown, Iowa.

North Western and M. & St. L. are common carriers…