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PENNSYLVANIA R. CO. v. RYCHLIK

No. 56.

352 U.S. 480 (1957)

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD CO. ET AL. v. RYCHLIK.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 25, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard N. Clattenburg argued the cause for the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., petitioner. With him on the brief were John B. Prizer, Percy R. Smith and Hugh B. Cox.

Henry Kaiser argued the cause for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, petitioner. With him on the brief were Gerhard P. Van Arkel, Eugene Gressman and Wayland K. Sullivan.

Norman M. Spindelman and Meyer Fix argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Solicitor General Rankin and Assistant Attorney General Hansen for the United States, Clarence M. Mulholland, Edward J. Hickey, Jr. and Richard R. Lyman for the Railway Labor Executives' Association, and Clarence E. Weisell and Harold N. McLaughlin for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen is the collective bargaining representative for trainmen employed by the petitioner Railroad. In accordance with Section 2, Eleventh (a) and (c) of the Railway Labor Act,1 the Brotherhood and the Railroad negotiated a union-shop contract in 1952, which required trainmen employed by the Railroad to...

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