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DENVER & R. G. W. R. CO. v. TRAINMEN

No. 794.

387 U.S. 556 (1967)

DENVER & RIO GRANDE WESTERN RAILROAD CO. v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 5, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin M. Lucente argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ernest Porter, Kenneth D. Barrows and George L. Saunders, Jr.

James L. Highsaw, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the briefs was Edward J. Hickey, Jr.

Francis M. Shea, Richard T. Conway, Ralph J. Moore, Jr., James R. Wolfe and Charles I. Hopkins, Jr., filed a brief for the National Railway Labor Conference, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Frederick Bernays Wiener filed a brief for the Railway Labor Executives' Association, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question here concerns the proper venue for a suit against a labor union, an unincorporated association, under 28 U. S. C. § 1391 (b), which at the time this action was brought read as follows: "A civil action wherein jurisdiction is not founded solely on diversity of citizenship may be brought only in the judicial district where all defendants reside, except as otherwise provided by law."

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