Legal Opinion
Choate v. Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 1958No. A-6669PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALKER, Justice.
This suit for equitable relief was brought by petitioners individually and as a class action on behalf of the members of Local 187, Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Petitioners are employed as locomotive engineers by the Rock Island Railroad, and the purpose of their suit is to prevent union interference with the alleged right of Rock Island engineers to man engines belonging to such railroad and used for switching operations in the Dallas-Irving area. All of the petitioners except one are members of the union. The defendants in the trial court and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by6 opinions
- In the Matter of Complaint and Suit of Samuel Cunningham v. Erie Railroad Company and United Railroad Workers of America, Inc., C. I. O., Local 1463Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Fred Thompson v. Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, an Unincorporated Railroad Labor Organization, National in ScopeCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1963
- Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. WilsonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1960
- Borden v. United Ass'n of Journeymen & ApprenticesCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1958
- Cherico v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958
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