Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Toledo, Peoria & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 17, 1944No. 28PublishedCited by 208 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rutledge
The important question is whether the District Court properly issued an injunction which restrained respondent’s employees, conductors, yardmen, enginemen and firemen, from interfering by violence or threats of violence with its property and interstate railroad operations. The sole issues that concern us are the existence of federal jurisdiction and whether the requirements of the Norris-LaGuardia Act (29 U. S. C. §§ 107, 108, 47 Stat. 71, 72) were satisfied.
The case arises out of a long-continued labor dispute relating. to working conditions and rates of pay. Negotiations between the…
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