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SYSTEM FEDERATION v. WRIGHT

No. 48.

364 U.S. 642 (1961)

81 S.Ct. 368

5 L.Ed.2d 349

SYSTEM FEDERATION NO. 91, RAILWAY EMPLOYEES' DEPARTMENT, AFL-CIO, ET AL. v. WRIGHT ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 16, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard R. Lyman argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Robert E. Hogan.

Marshall P. Eldred argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for respondents other than Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. John P. Sandidge, H. G. Breetz, W. L. Grubbs, M. D. Jones and Joseph L. Lenihan filed a brief for Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co., respondent.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

By a complaint filed on July 16, 1945, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, 28 nonunion employees of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad began an action for declaratory relief, an injunction, and damages against the railroad and a number of unions representing its employees. Particularly relevant to the complaint were those provisions of the fourth and fifth paragraphs of...

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