Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, a National Railway Labor Organization v. Northern Pacific Railway Company, a Corporation

BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.

This action, brought pursuant to the Federal Declaratory Judgments Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201, arises as an actual controversy concerning Section 2, Eleventh of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 152, Eleventh. Judgment for the defendant was entered as directed by the District Court’s opinion, 169 F.Supp. 411, and this appeal followed.

Plaintiff, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, appellant here, is a national railway labor organization, organized in accordance with the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq., (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “the…