Legal Opinion
Nashville, C. & St. L. Ry. v. RAILWAY EMPLOYEES'DEPT., ETC.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 7, 1937No. 7524PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONS, Circuit Judge.
The Railway Labor Act, as amended June 21, 1934, U.S.C., title 45, c. 8, 45 U.S.C.A. §§ 151-158, 160-162, establishes the machinery by which collective bargaining between interstate carriers and the several crafts or classes of their employees may be carried on through freely selected representatives of both parties. Section 1, Fifth, of the act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 151(5), defines the term “employee” to include:
“Every person in the service of a carrier (subject to its continuing authority to supervise and direct the manner of rendition of his service) who performs any work…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Phillips v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Virginian Ry. Co. v. SYSTEM FEDERATION NO. 40, ETC.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1936
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. National Mediation BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1936
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3Cited by27 opinions
- United States v. American Trucking AssociationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Air Line Pilots Association, International, Cross v. United Air Lines, Inc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- Rumbaugh v. Winifrede Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Professional Cabin Crew Association v. National Mediation Board, an Agency of the United States, Independent Federation of Flight AttendantsCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1989
- Washington Central Railroad v. National Mediation BoardDistrict Court, E.D. Washington · 1993
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