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Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers & Trainmen General Committee of Adjustment CSX Transportation Northern Lines v. CSX Transportation, Inc.

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 4, 2008No. 07-12624PublishedCited by 57 opinions

Non-Argument Calendar.

1Opinion of the Court

BIRCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151, et seq. (“RLA”), concerns when an enforcement action accrues under the statute of limitations after an arbitration award and, alternatively, whether a request for interpretation of an arbitration award tolls the limitations period. Following an arbitration award, the union sought to enforce the award in district court. The district judge determined that the union’s petition was outside the two-year, statutory limitations period and dismissed the enforcement action, which has presented first-impression issues for…

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