Legal Opinion

Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided October 23, 1964No. Civ. A. 1641-64PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ROBINSON, District Judge.

This case presents for review another aspect of the controversy given birth more than a generation ago by the introduction of diesel-powered engines in rail transportation. The modern history of that controversy has been detailed in a recent opinion of this Court by Judge Holtzoff. 1 2 Only a few of the more relevant events need be recounted now.

On November 2, 1959, virtually all of the Nation’s major railroads served notices 2 of proposed rule changes designed to eliminate firemen from freight and yard diesel engines and to reduce the size of crews in road and yard…

2Cases cited64 opinions

  1. United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. United Steelworkers v. American Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Tumey v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  4. In Re Murchison.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  5. Adams v. United States Ex Rel. McCannSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Denver & Rio Grande Western RailroadDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1968
  2. Burri Ex Rel. Carpenter v. CampbellArizona Supreme Court · 1967
  3. Transport Workers Union v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1968
  4. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Certain Carriers, Etc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1965
  5. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company (Lines East)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967

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