Legal Opinion

John P. McElroy v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a Corporation, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Intervenor-Appellee

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided February 28, 1968No. 16434PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs are 52 employees of the Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (“Terminal”) and are members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen (“Firemen”). Terminal is a switching terminal serving 14 trunk-line railroads in the St. Louis area. It is a common carrier by railroad and subject to the Railway Labor Act (45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq.). The complaint alleges that Terminal violated the Railway Labor Act by entering into a November 15,1965, agreement with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (“Engineers”), providing that employees working as…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  2. Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
  3. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  5. Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1943

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Co.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  2. Laurence G. Russell, William L. Hanna and Eddie D. Langwell, Plaintiffs v. National Mediation Board, the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
  3. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Denver & Rio Grande Western RailroadDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1968
  4. Clio E. Slagley v. Illinois Central Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
  5. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Company, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen v. Seaboard Coast Line Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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