Legal Opinion
Douglas T. Wightman v. Springfield Terminal Railway Company and United Transportation Union
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 19, 1996No. 96-1378PublishedCited by 275 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and several of its individual members (“BLE”) sought to enjoin enactment of a clause in a newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement between Appellees United Transportation Union (“UTU”) and Springfield Terminal Railway Co. (“ST”), as a violation of the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188. The district court denied the injunction and granted summary judgment for UTU and ST on BLE’s complaint. Wightman v. Springfield Terminal Ry. Co., 915 F.Supp. 503, 507 (D.Mass.1996). BLE now appeals.
Background
The RLA…
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