Legal Opinion
Choate v. Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 9, 1958No. A-6669PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
This suit for equitable relief was brought by petitioners individually and as a class action on behalf of the members of Local 187, Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Petitioners are employed as locomotive engineers by the Rock Island Railroad, and the purpose of their suit is to prevent union interference with the alleged right of Rock Island engineers to man engines belonging to such railroad and used for switching operations in the Dallas-Irving area. All of the petitioners except one are members of the union. The defendants in the trial court and respondents here…
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- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Tunstall v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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