GENERAL COMMITTEE v. SOU. PAC. CO.

No. 27.

320 U.S. 338 (1943)

GENERAL COMMITTEE OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS FOR THE PACIFIC LINES OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. v. SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 22, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Clarence E. Weisell and George M. Naus, with whom Mr. Harold N. McLaughlin was on the briefs, for the General Committee of Adjustment of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, petitioner in No. 27 and respondent in No. 41; Mr. Donald R. Richberg, with whom Messrs. Felix T. Smith and Francis R. Kirkham were on the brief, for the General Grievance Committee of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, petitioner in No. 41 and respondent in No. 27.

Mr. Burton Mason, with whom Messrs. C.W. Durbrow and Henley C. Booth were on the brief, for the Southern Pacific Co., respondent in Nos. 27 and 41.

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


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

These are companion cases to General Committee of Adjustment v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas R. Co., ante, p. 323, and Switchmen's Union v. National Mediation Board, ante, p. 297. They are here on a petition and on a cross-petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. No. 41, the cross-petition, involves a dispute between the collective bargaining...

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