Legal Opinion
W. L. Birkholz v. Elmer L. Dirks, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 12, 1968No. 16340_1PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KILEY, Circuit Judge.
The Switchmen’s Union of North America (SUNA) and six of its members sued, individually and as representatives of all members of SUNA who are yard service employees on the Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee), seeking a judgment declaring the union shop agreement between the Milwaukee and the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen (Trainmen) void, and seeking damages and injunctive relief. The district court after a hearing dismissed the suit and SUNA and the representative employees appeal. We reverse.
The Trainmen’s Union has, since the 1926 adoption of the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pennsylvania Railroad v. RychlikSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- O'Connell v. Erie Lackawanna RailroadDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Rohrer v. Conemaugh & Black Lick Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
3Cited by8 opinions
- Douglas T. Wightman v. Springfield Terminal Railway Company and United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Dempsey v. Atchison, Topeka And Santa Fe Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- John P. McElroy v. Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis, a Corporation, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1968
- Dempsey v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1994
- O'connell v. Erie Lackawanna Railroad CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1968
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