Legal Opinion

International Association of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 16, 1982No. 81-1477PublishedCited by 157 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

The question presented by this appeal is whether jurisdiction exists in a federal district court under Section 2 of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 152, which would permit the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers, AFL-CIO (IAM) to maintain an action against Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Northwest) for allegedly disciplining employees as a means of undermining IAM as their union representative. Northwest, denying these allegations, contended that the claims presented here by IAM constituted no more than a “minor dispute” which…

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