Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Springfield Terminal Railway Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 2000No. 99-1328PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to decide whether the district court properly issued a Railway Labor Act (“RLA”) injunction barring a wood products company controlled by owners of a railroad from doing switching work historically performed by the railroad’s unions. See 45 U.S.C. § 151 and seq. The district court issued the injunction after finding that the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and United Transportation Union (the “Unions”) were engaged in a “major” dispute with Springfield Terminal Railway Company (“Springfield”) and that Springfield was using Aroostook and Bangor…
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