Legal Opinion
State ex rel. Union Pacific Railroad v. Dierker
Supreme Court of Missouri
Decided January 27, 1998No. 80014PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COVINGTON, Judge.
This Court issued a preliminary order in prohibition to determine the scope of federal pre-emption under the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. secs. 151 et. seq. (RLA), as it might affect respondent’s orders prohibiting relators, Union Pacific R.R. Co. and Missouri Pacific R.R. Co. (the railroad), from attempting to enforce provisions of collective bargaining agreements. The preliminary order is made absolute.
Plaintiffs in the underlying suit are employed by the railroad and in significant respects are representative of several hundred plaintiffs who have filed negligence…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Hitchcock v. BOARD OF TRUS., CYPRESS-FAIRBANKS INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST., Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)2007
- Pratt v. Union Pacific Railroad Co.California Court of Appeal · 2008
- Duren v. Union Pacific RailroadMissouri Court of Appeals · 1998
- Earline Melendez v. Houston Independent School District and Connie Berger, Texas Court of Appeals, 14th District (Houston)2013
- Partida v. Union Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, C.D. California · 2004
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