Legal Opinion
Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation Board
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 22, 1943No. 48PublishedCited by 553 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas
This is an action by the petitioners, the Switchmen’s Union of North America and some of its members against the National Mediation Board, its members, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the New York Central Railroad Company and the Michigan Central Railroad Company. The individual plaintiffs are members and officials of the Switchmen’s Union and employees of the respondent carriers.
Petitioners were plaintiffs in the District Court. A certification of representatives for collective bargaining under § 2, Ninth of the Railway Labor Act (44 Stat. 577, 48 Stat. 1185) was made by the Board…
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