ADAMS v. NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO.

No. 7414.

121 F.2d 808 (1941)

ADAMS et al. v. NEW YORK, C. & ST. L. R. CO.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

As Modified on Motion to Dismiss Appeal June 24, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn Griswold and Russell J. Wildman, both of Peru, Ind., for appellants.

Russell P. Harker, of Frankfort, Ind., for appellee.

Before EVANS and TREANOR, Circuit Judges, and LINDLEY, District Judge.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

The District Court sustained a motion to dismiss appellants' complaint seeking a declaratory judgment defining their seniority rights as railroad employees, on the ground that exclusive jurisdiction to hear said complaint resided either in the National Railroad Adjustment Board or the National Mediation Board, under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 151 et seq. From the order of dismissal, plaintiffs appeal.

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