Legal Opinion

Transportation-Communication Employees Union v. Union Pacific Railroad

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided December 5, 1966No. 28PublishedCited by 286 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Black

Transportation-Communication Employees Union, the petitioner, is the bargaining representative of a group *158of railroad employees commonly known as “Telegraphers.” Prior to 1952 these telegraphers were commonly assigned the duty of sending, by telegraph, railroad way bills, manifests and orders prepared by clerks, members of the brotherhood of Railway Clerks. In 1952, however, the respondent here, Union Pacific Railroad Company, installed IBM machines which resulted in a radical change in the workload of the telegraphers and clerks. When the clerical work previously done by the clerks is…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
  2. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. v. LivingstonSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Carey v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950

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3Cited by286 opinions

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  3. United States v. Jacksonville Terminal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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  5. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers v. The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company, and United Transportation UnionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985

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