Legal Opinion
Colbert v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 14, 1953No. 13366_1PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McCORMICK, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a final order granting motions to dismiss a complaint in the District Court.
Appellants as plaintiffs on October 2, 1951, filed their complaint in the court below wherein they named the appellee entities as defendants in the action.
The suit which plaintiffs contend is warranted by the Railway Labor Act, also referred to as the Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq., and by Title 28 U.S.C.A. § 1337, 1 was for injunction and declaratory relief in the form of a representative or class action on behalf of the fourteen specifically named plaintiff employees…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ford Motor Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Humphrey v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- In the Matter of Complaint and Suit of Samuel Cunningham v. Erie Railroad Company and United Railroad Workers of America, Inc., C. I. O., Local 1463Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Hardcastle v. Western Greyhound LinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1962
- W. H. Mount v. The Grand International Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1955
- Nora Retana v. Apartment, Motel, Hotel And Elevator Operators Union, Local No. 14Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972
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