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LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS v. M.-K.-T. R. CO.

No. 165.

363 U.S. 528 (1960)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ET AL. v. MISSOURI-KANSAS-TEXAS RAILROAD CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold C. Heiss argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were J. Hart Willis, Clarence E. Weisell, Wayland K. Sullivan and V. C. Shuttleworth.

M. E. Clinton argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was O. O. Touchstone.

Clarence M. Mulholland, Edward J. Hickey, Jr. and James L. Highsaw, Jr. filed a brief for the Railway Labor Executives' Association, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Walter J. Cummings, Jr. filed a brief for the Bureau of Information of the Eastern Railways et al., as amici curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case presents a question concerning the jurisdiction of a Federal District Court to impose certain conditions upon a strike injunction issued in a railway labor dispute.

The essential facts are not complicated. The respondent Railroads operate a 302-mile branch between Wichita Falls, Texas, and Forgan, Oklahoma. The line was originally operated with steam locomotives capable of only short runs...

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