Legal Opinion
Merrild Augspurger v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1975No. 74--1363PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiffs, Division 746 of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers [Union] and seventeen members of that division, brought this action in federal District Court, alleging that the Union had breached its duty of fair representation under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., in the process of compiling a consolidated seniority roster following the merger of several railway carriers. The District Court dismissed the complaint on jurisdictional grounds, deferring to the primary jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission [ICC], which had supervised and…
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