Legal Opinion
System Federation No. 59 of Railway Employees v. Louisiana & A. Ry. Co.
District Court, W.D. Louisiana
Decided January 16, 1940No. 75PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PORTERIE, District Judge.
For the purpose of passing on the question of whether or not plaintiff has stated a cause of action, all the well-pleaded facts of the petition must be taken as true and proved.
The plaintiff is an unincorporated association, a federation of craft unions, members of which are former shop craft employees of the defendant, formerly engaged as machinists, boiler makers, blacksmiths, electrical workers, sheet metal workers, and carmen, or as helpers or apprentices in the above crafts. The plaintiff is the legally selected representative of all the members of the said…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Lyon v. PollardSupreme Court of the United States · 1874
- F. W. Woolworth Co. v. PetersenCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1935
- Cook v. Des Moines Union Ry. Co.District Court, S.D. Iowa · 1936
- A. Leschen & Sons Rope Co. v. C. T. Patterson & Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1912
- Labatt v. Louisiana Adjustment Bureau, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1939
3Cited by8 opinions
- Odell v. Humble Oil & Refining Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1953
- System Federation No. 59 of Railway Employees Department of American Federation of Labor v. Louisiana & A. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1941
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. KurnDistrict Court, N.D. Alabama · 1942
- Graham v. Magnolia School, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1974
- System Federation No. 59 of Railway Employees Department of American Federation of Labor v. Louisiana & A. Ry. Co.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1940
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