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FELTER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO.

No. 269.

359 U.S. 326 (1959)

79 S.Ct. 847

3 L.Ed.2d 854

FELTER v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Wilmarth argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Roland C. Davis and V. Craven Shuttleworth.

Clifton Hildebrand argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents. George L. Buland, Burton Mason and W. A. Gregory were on a brief for the Southern Pacific Co., respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Railway Labor Act1 was amended in 1951 to authorize labor organizations representing employees of carriers to make "checkoff" agreements with the carriers for the deduction from employees' wages of periodic dues, initiation fees and assessments. Section 2 Eleventh (b), as added by 64 Stat. 1238, 45 U. S. C. § 152 Eleventh (b).

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