Legal Opinion
United Transportation Union v. Burlington Northern, Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided March 18, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 2183-70PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PARKER, District Judge.
This action, arising under the Railway Labor Act,1 (hereafter the RLA or the Act), and brought by the United Transportation Union, (hereafter the UTU or the Union) against the major rail carriers of the nation, presents to the Court another chapter of a longstanding dispute dealing with the requirements for manning freight and yard diesel locomotives with firemen. The Union seeks a declaratory judgment that once all bargaining procedures provided under the Act have been exhausted, it has the right to strike the railroads individually and selectively…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- National Labor Relations Board v. Erie Resistor Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- National Labor Relations Board v. Insurance Agents' International UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by11 opinions
- The Delaware and Hudson Railway Company v. United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Alton & Southern Railway Co. v. Brotherhood of Maintenance Way EmployesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1996
- Alton & Southern Railway Co. v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way EmployesDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1995
- American Railway & Airway Supervisors Ass'n v. Soo Line RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1989
- American Railway & Airway Supervisors Ass'n v. Soo Line RailroadDistrict Court, D. Minnesota · 1988
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