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GENERAL COMMITTEE v. M.-K.-T.R. CO.

No. 23.

320 U.S. 323 (1943)

GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS FOR THE MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1943.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. John W. Madden, Jr. and Harold N. McLaughlin, with whom Mr. Clarence E. Weisell was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Lucian Touchstone, with whom Messrs. Allen Wight and C.S. Burg were on the brief, for the Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Co., et al.; and Mr. Harold C. Heiss, with whom Messrs. Russell B. Day and T.D. Gresham were on the brief, for the General Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, — respondents.

Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Robert L. Stern filed a brief on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case involves a dispute under the Railway Labor Act concerning the authority of two railroad Brotherhoods to represent certain employees in collective bargaining with the defendant-carriers. The petitioner (hereinafter called the Engineers) is a committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers which has been and is the duly designated bargaining representative...

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