Aircraft Service International, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 117

KLEINFELD, Senior Circuit Judge,

joined by O’SCANNLAIN, SILVERMAN and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges dissenting:

We should affirm. The district court and the panel opinion got it right. •

The Railway Labor Act protects the public from the consequences of some labor strife with an especially grave impact on those other than the companies and employees involved. That is why it mandates extensive negotiation, mediation, and arbitration procedures in any major transportation dispute1 before allowing lockouts or strikes. The anti-injunction provisions of the later Norris-LaGuardia Act cannot be read into…