Legal Opinion
Felter v. Southern Pacific Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 27, 1959No. 269PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brennan
The Railway Labor Act1 was amended in 1951 to authorize labor organizations .representing employees of *327carriers to make: “checkoff” agreements with the carriers for the deduction from employees’ wages of periodic dues, initiation fees and assessments. Section 2 Eleventh (b), as added by 64 Stat. 1238, 45 U. S. C. § 152 Eleventh (b).2 The améndment contains a proviso “[t]hat no such agreement shall be effective with respect to any individual employee until he shall have furnished the employer with a written assignment to the labor organization . . . which shall be revocable in writing after…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Mulford v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Turner, Dennis & Lowry Lumber Co. v. Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
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3Cited by77 opinions
- Douglas T. Wightman v. Springfield Terminal Railway Company and United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 356, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,166 Pete Gomez v. Florida State Employment ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Jersey Central Power & Light Co. v. Local Unions 327, 749, 1289, 1298, 1303, 1309 & 1314 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- Goclowski v. Penn Central Transportation Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- General Committee of Adjustment, United Transportation Union, Western Maryland Railway Company v. Csx Railroad CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
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