Legal Opinion
United Air Lines, Inc. v. Airline Division, International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 4, 1989No. 838, Dockets 88-7940, 88-7952PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the scope of a federal court’s equitable powers in giving effect to the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-163, 181-188 (1982) (“RLA”). The precise question presented is whether a court may enjoin secondary picketing that would otherwise be lawful because a union has failed to seek judicial enforcement of the primary employer’s obligation to bargain. This question arises on an appeal from the granting of a preliminary injunction by the District Court for the Eastern District of New York (I. Leo Glasser, Judge) preventing the Airline Division…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- International Ass'n of MacHinists v. StreetSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Shugrue v. Air Line Pilots Ass'n (In Re Ionosphere Clubs, Inc.)District Court, S.D. New York · 1992
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- Northwest Airlines Corp. v. Ass'n of Flight Attendants-CWA (In Re Northwest Airlines Corp.)District Court, S.D. New York · 2006
- Aircraft Mechanics Fraternal Association, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant v. Atlantic Coast Airlines, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Northwest Airlines Corp. v. Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (In re Northwest Airlines Corp.)Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2007
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