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RAILWAY CLERKS v. ALLEN

No. 316.

373 U.S. 113 (1963)

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYESS ET AL. v. ALLEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 13, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Kramer argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was Lester P. Schoene.

Whiteford S. Blakeney argued the cause and filed a brief for respondents.

J. Albert Woll, Theodore J. St. Antoine and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

By the terms of an agreement (the Agreement) authorized by § 2 Eleventh of the Railway Labor Act1 between the Southern Railway Company and a number of railway labor organizations including the two petitioners herein, employees of Southern are obligated, as a condition of employment, to pay the periodic dues, initiation fees and assessments...

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