Legal Opinion
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees v. Atchison
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1988No. 87-1313PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires the court to determine the breadth of federal courts’ jurisdiction over a dispute between a railroad, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company (“Santa Fe”), and a union, the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees (“BRAC”). BRAC sued Santa Fe in federal district court, asking that the court enjoin a Santa Fe program or plan to purchase the resignations of certain BRAC-represented clerical employees. The parties refer to the compensated resignations as “buyouts.” BRAC alleges that the…
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