Legal Opinion
Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 10, 1950No. 391PublishedCited by 459 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black
Section 3 of the Railway Labor Act confers jurisdiction on the National Railroad Adjustment Board to hold hearings, make findings, and enter awards in all disputes between carriers and their employees “growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions . ...”1 The question presented is whether state courts have power to adjudicate disputes involving such interpretations when the Adjustment Board has not acted.
The respondent railroad has separate collective-bargaining agreements with the Order of Railroad…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Virginian Railway Co. v. System Federation No. 40Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway Co. v. BurleySupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad v. SlocumNew York Court of Appeals · 1949
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3Cited by459 opinions
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- MCI Telecommunications Corporation v. Teleconcepts, Incorporated, Defendant/third-Party v. Bell of Pennsylvania, Third-Party Teleconcepts, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. v. NorrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
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