Legal Opinion
Switchmen's Union of North America v. Louisville & Nashville Railroad
District Court, W.D. Kentucky
Decided March 22, 1955No. Civ. A. No. 2628PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SHELBOURNE, Chief Judge.
This action was instituted in this Court June 5, 1953 by the filing of the complaint of Switchmen's Union of North America and by J. L. Shay as plaintiff and Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, defendant. July 21, 1953, the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen was, by order of Court, permitted to intervene as defendant.
The complaint alleged jurisdiction in this Court under Title 28 U.S.C. § 1337 and sought a declaration of rights as authorized by Section 2201 of Title 28 U.S. C. claiming that its right to such declaration of rights emanated from a violation of the…
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