Legal Opinion

Order of Railway Conductors of America v. Pitney

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 28, 1946No. 37PublishedCited by 236 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black

This case requires us to consider to what extent a Federal District Court having charge of a railroad reorganization has power to adjudicate a jurisdictional dispute involving the railroad and two employee accredited bargaining agents in view of the provisions in the Railway Labor Act, 45 U. S. C. § 151 et seq., giving such power to the administrative agencies established thereunder. Each union claims that its respective collective bargaining agreement entitles it to supply conductors for five daily freight trains operated within the Elizabethport, New Jersey, yards of the railroad and both…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Myers v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
  3. Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Railway Express Agency, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  5. Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by236 opinions

  1. Rutland Railway Corporation v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
  2. Democratic Central Committee of the District of Columbia v. Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Commission, D. C. Transit System, Inc., IntervenorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
  3. Daniel K. Graf v. Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway Company, and Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, Local No. 882Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  4. In the Matter of Complaint and Suit of Samuel Cunningham v. Erie Railroad Company and United Railroad Workers of America, Inc., C. I. O., Local 1463Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  5. William B. Ogden v. Eugene M. Zuckert, Secretary of the Air ForceCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1961

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