CHICAGO & N. W. R. CO. v. LA FOLLETTE


27 Wis.2d 505 (1965)

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY and others, Respondents, v. LA FOLLETTE, Attorney General, and others, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

June 1, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellants the cause was argued by Beatrice Lampert, assistant attorney general, with whom on the briefs was Bronson C. La Follette, attorney general.

For the respondents there was a brief by La Follette, Sinykin, Doyle & Anderson and James E. Doyle, all of Madison, and oral argument by James E. Doyle.

A brief amicus curiae was filed by Wheeler, Van Sickle, Day & Goodman and Roland B. Day, all of Madison, for the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

A brief amicus curiae was also filed by Ralph M. Hoyt of Milwaukee, attorney, and Harold C. Heiss of Cleveland, Ohio, of counsel, for the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen.


BEILFUSS, J.

The genesis of the instant litigation arose when the railroads and the unions exchanged "notices" pertaining to crews and work rules. Negotiations were had without success. A national strike was imminent. A presidential fact-finding commission was appointed. Public Law 88-108 (77 Stat. 132, 45 USCA, sec. 157 (1964 Supp.)) was enacted. Arbitration was ordered with a binding award to be made in respect to the...

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