Legal Opinion
Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation, D/B/A Metra v. Hoey Farina & Downes
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 15, 2000No. 99-1588PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
On March 4, 1998, Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad Corporation (d/b/a “Metra”) filed a complaint for declaratory and injunctive relief against Douglas Baethke and the law firm Hoey Farina & Downes (“Hoey”) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Metra alleged that the defendants were interfering with Metra’s rights, guaranteed under the federal Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., to conduct disciplinary hearings according to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. The district court dismissed for lack…
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