Legal Opinion
United Transportation Union v. Gateway Western Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 12, 1996No. 95-2004PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
The United Transportation Union (“UTU”), which represents certain train service employees of the Gateway Western Railway Company (“GW”), alleges that GW violated the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., when its wholly-owned subsidiary began operating with non-union employees. The district court dismissed UTU’s complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, finding that UTU had alleged a representation dispute that fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the National Mediation Board (“NMB”) under section 2 Ninth of the RLA, 45 U.S.C. §…
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