Legal Opinion

Railway Labor Executives Ass'n v. Chesapeake Western Railway

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided September 17, 1990No. Nos. 90-2677, 90-2697PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

K.K. HALL, Circuit Judge:

The Railway Labor Executives’ Association and several other railroad labor unions (“Unions”) appeal an order of the district court granting summary judgment dismissing the Unions’ action against Norfolk Southern Railway Co. and some of its subsidiaries (“NS”) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief under the Railway Labor Act (“RLA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151, et seq. We dismiss the appeal in part as moot, and affirm in all other respects.

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This case arises from the displacement of railroad workers by the sale and lease of certain railroad lines by NS.

In October 1987, NS…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  2. Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
  3. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. Chicago & North Western Transportation Company, Cross-Appellant v. Railway Labor Executives' Association, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990

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3Cited by24 opinions

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  4. United Transportation Union v. South Carolina Public Railway CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1997
  5. Brotherhood Railway Carmen v. Missouri Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1991

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