United Industrial Workers of Seafarers International Union of North America v. Board of Trustees of Galveston Wharves

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from an order of the district court (1) denying the backpay demand of the United Industrial Workers of the Seafarers International Union (Union) and (2) enjoining the Board of Trustees of the Galveston Wharves (Carrier) from availing itself of a state court injunction against the Union. The case presents a difficult problem of appropriate relief under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq., and involves the power of a federal court to enjoin state proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 2283.

The Carrier and the Union operated under a collective bargaining…