Legal Opinion
Railway Labor Executives Ass'n v. Dole
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 17, 1985No. 83-4306PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODWIN, Circuit Judge.
A railroad labor organization and an individual railroad employee sued the Secretary of the Department of Transportation and the Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration, a Department of Transportation division, for a declaratory judgment and injunction to require these agencies to enforce railroad statutes mandating assessment of penalties against railroads for safety violations. The district court held that the plaintiffs had no standing to sue as private attorneys general and dismissed the action. We affirm.
Congress has enacted railroad safety laws, the…
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