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PENNA. R.R. v. LABOR BOARD

No. 585.

261 U.S. 72 (1923)

43 S.Ct. 278

67 L.Ed. 536

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. UNITED STATES RAILROAD LABOR BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 19, 1923.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, with whom Mr. Frank J. Loesch, Mr. Timothy J. Scofield, Mr. Charles F. Loesch, Mr. Robert W. Richards, Mr. C.B. Heiserman and Mr. E.H. Seneff were on the brief, for appellant and petitioner.

Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with whom Mr. Attorney General Daugherty and Mr. Solicitor General Beck were on the brief, for appellees and respondents.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT, after stating the case as above, delivered the opinion of the Court.

It is evident from a review of Title III of the Transportation Act of 1920 that Congress deems it of the highest public interest to prevent the interruption of interstate commerce by labor disputes and strikes, and that its plan is to encourage settlement without strikes, first by conference between the parties; failing that, by reference to adjustment boards of the parties...

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