Legal Opinion
Employees Protective Association v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1975No. 74--1577PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMSEN, Senior District Judge:
Appellants (plaintiffs), seventy-two locomotive engineers employed by the Norfolk and Western Railway Company (N&W) and an ad hoc unincorporated association, brought suit in the district court against N&W, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (BLE) 1 and Special Board of Adjustment No. 813. Plaintiffs challenged an award of Board No. 813 on the ground that it had acted outside the scope of its jurisdiction. They claimed that federal jurisdiction for such limited review of the award exists under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., particularly §…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. Central Airlines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by20 opinions
- United Transportation Union v. Norfolk and Western Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- L. F. Cole v. Erie Lackawanna Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Guy A. Hunt v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- United Transportation Union v. Gateway Western Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
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