Legal Opinion

Railway Labor Executives Association v. Norfolk and Western Railway Company

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided November 17, 1987No. 87-1323PublishedCited by 68 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Railway Labor Executives Association, et al. (“the unions”) appeal from the district court’s denial of their motion for a preliminary injunction and its grant of summary judgment for Norfolk and Western Railway Company (“N & W”), 659 F.Supp. 325. This appeal turns on whether the dispute between the unions and N & W is a major or minor dispute for purposes of Sections 2, Seventh, 3 and 6 of the Railway Labor Act. 45 U.S.C. §§ 152, Seventh, 153 and 156 (1982). The unions sought to enjoin N & W’s imposition of a drug screen urinalysis as part of its routine employee medical…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  2. United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  3. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. Andrews v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  5. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969

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3Cited by68 opinions

  1. Skinner v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  2. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Chicago & North Western Transportation Company, Cross-Appellant v. Railway Labor Executives' Association, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  4. General Committee of Adjustment, United Transportation Union, Western Maryland Railway Company v. Csx Railroad CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
  5. Matuszak v. Torrington Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991

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