Koelker v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

GRIM, District Judge.

Alleging that she was laid off without good cause from her position as a telephone operator in the station at Washington, D. C., the employee brings this diversity action against her employer, the railroad company, for loss of salary and for punitive damages. The employer has moved to dismiss for want of jurisdiction. It has also moved for summary judgment in its favor.

In cases involving grievances under labor agreements, as does this, the *889National Railroad Adjustment Board lias exclusive primary jurisdiction and "this court has no jurisdiction until the services of the…