CONLEY v. GIBSON

No. 7.

355 U.S. 41 (1957)

CONLEY ET AL. v. GIBSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Waddy argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Roberson L. King, Robert L. Carter, William C. Gardner and William B. Bryant.

Edward J. Hickey, Jr. argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Clarence M. Mulholland.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Once again Negro employees are here under the Railway Labor Act1 asking that their collective bargaining agent be compelled to represent them fairly. In a series of cases beginning with Steele v. Louisville & Nashville R. Co., 323 U.S. 192, this Court has emphatically and repeatedly ruled that an exclusive bargaining agent under the...

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