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Chapman v. Local 104 of International Ass'n of Machinists
District Court, S.D. West Virginia
Decided November 6, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 997-HPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.
This is an action for declaratory judgment, an injunction and damages, brought by ten white machinist helpers in their individual capacities, against Local 104 of the International Association of Machinists, of which each is a member, and against the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, by whom each has been employed. The ultimate and important question for decision is whether this court has original jurisdiction to hear a railway labor dispute, based upon alleged racial discrimination, where plaintiffs (white) do not claim that there has been any racial…
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