Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 8, 1964No. Civ. A. 2919-63, 2921-63PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLTZOFF, District Judge.
These two actions are brought to impeach and set aside an award of a special arbitration board created under an act of Congress approved August 28, 1963, Public Law 88-108, 77 Stat. 132, in order to avoid a threatened nationwide railroad strike, which was then imminent. The function of the board was to arbitrate and make an award concerning two basic issues that were in controversy between the railroads and their staffs. The plaintiffs in these two actions are four organizations or brotherhoods composed of operating railroad employees. They are dissatisfied with the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Kennedy v. Mendoza-MartinezSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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- Home Building & Loan Assn. v. BlaisdellSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
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3Cited by59 opinions
- Chicago & North Western Railway Co. v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Central of Georgia Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Mount St. Mary's Hospital v. CatherwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company v. United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
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