Legal Opinion
Brotherhood Railway Carmen Division, Transportation Communications International Union, Afl-Cio v. Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 6, 1992No. 18-3558PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
An arbitral board established under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., issued an award that the union interpreted as requiring the railroad to give a discharged worker $77,000 in severance pay. The railroad refused to pay this amount and the union sued in federal district court, which ordered the railroad to pay the full amount sought by the union, brushing aside the railroad’s argument that in doing so the court was invading the arbitrators’ domain by resolving interpretive questions under the collective bargaining agreement.
The railroad’s appeal presents…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Chicago Typographical Union No. 16 v. Chicago Sun-Times, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Chicago & North Western Transportation Company, Cross-Appellant v. Railway Labor Executives' Association, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
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3Cited by24 opinions
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