Legal Opinion
Deford v. Soo Line Railroad
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1989No. 87-5376PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is brought by Robert F. De-ford, on behalf of himself and all other employees of the Soo Line Railroad Company adversely affected by the sale of a portion of Soo Line’s rail lines, and by the *1082Railway Labor Executives’ Association (RLEA).1 The district court2 denied a motion to remand the case to state court and dismissed appellants’ complaint under Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court, in statements from the bench, determined that the case was a “minor dispute” under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C.…
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