BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIRE. & ENG. v. UNITED STATES

No. 23622.

411 F.2d 312 (1969)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE FIREMEN AND ENGINEMEN et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 2, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph L. Crawford, John R. Calhoun, Savannah, Ga., Aaron S. Wolff, Alex Elson, Elson, Lassers & Wolff, Chicago, Ill., Harold C. Heiss, Donald W. Bennett, Heiss, Day & Bennett, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellants

John B. Miller, Savannah, Ga., Charles J. Bloch, Wilbur D. Owens, Jr., Macon, Ga., L. J. Bennet, Brunswick, Ga., James H. Wilson, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., for appellee; Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Ga., of counsel.

Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., John C. Eldridge, Walter H. Fleischer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

CONTEMPT

This is more fallout from Award 282 and the running, ceaseless, undulating controversy between the Brotherhood of Firemen and the Carriers over unneeded firemen on diesel railroad engines. The twist here is that this appeal tests the correctness of a judgment of criminal contempt against the Brotherhood,1 four subordinate local lodges, and various national and local Brotherhood officials in...

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