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SHORE LINE v. TRANSPORTATION UNION

No. 29.

396 U.S. 142 (1969)

DETROIT & TOLEDO SHORE LINE RAILROAD CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 9, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis M. Shea argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Ralph J. Moore, Jr., David W. Miller, James A. Wilcox, and John M. Curphey.

Richard R. Lyman argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Clarence M. Mulholland.

Milton Kramer filed a brief for the Railway Labor Executives' Association as amicus curiae urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case raises a question concerning the extent to which the Railway Labor Act of 19261 imposes an obligation upon the parties to a railroad labor dispute to maintain the status quo while the "purposely long and drawn out"2 procedures of the Act are exhausted. Petitioner, a railroad, contends that the status quo which the Act requires be maintained consists...

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