CHICAGO & N. W. R. CO. v. TRANSPORTATION UNION

No. 189.

402 U.S. 570 (1971)

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY CO. v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 1, 1971


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Dempsey, Jr., argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were David Booth Beers and Richard M. Freeman.

John H. Haley, Jr., argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was John J. Naughton.

J. Albert Woll, Laurence Gold, and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Chicago and North Western Railway Co., petitioner in this action, brought suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois to enjoin a threatened strike by the respondent, the United Transportation Union. The substance of the complaint was that in the negotiations between the parties over work rules, the Union had failed to perform its obligation under § 2 First of the Railway...

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