Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1982No. 81-2186PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
In 1973, the St. Louis Southwestern Railway (the Railroad) created a new job in the mechanical department of its gravity yard at Pine Bluff, Arkansas. W. E. Eastwood, a member of the carmen’s craft, bid upon and received the position. A second car-man, J. E. Purtle, eventually succeeded Eastwood in the job.
On May 16, 1973, T. F. Carpenter, a clerk represented by the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline, and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees (BRAC), filed a grievance submitting that *134Eastwood’s duties required him to “spend the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- United States v. L. A. Tucker Truck Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Order of Railway Conductors of America v. PitneySupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Central of Georgia Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Hunter v. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by43 opinions
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