Legal Opinion
Hostetler v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 27, 1960No. Civ. 9795 and 10136PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs in this consolidated case are trainmen, former employees of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company (B&O), who deliberately abandoned their membership in defendant Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (BRT), stopped paying dues to that union, joined a rival union, Union of Railroad Operating Crafts (UROC), which is not “national in scope” as that term is used in 45 U.S. C.A. § 152, Eleventh (e), were cited to B&O by BRT for violation of the Union Shop Agreement, and were subsequently discharged by B&O. The Hostetler suit was filed on July 12, 1957, against BRT and…
2Cases cited33 opinions
- Conley v. GibsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Gully v. First Nat. Bank in MeridianSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Skelly Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Haley v. ChildersCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1963
- Davis v. Frederick County Board of CommissionersCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1975
- Hostetler v. Brotherhood of Railroad TrainmenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1961
- Wheeler v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1971
- LaFrance v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen of Michigan Central RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1962
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