GOCLOWSKI v. PENN CENT. TRANSP. CO.

No. 77-1248.

571 F.2d 747 (1977)

J. B. GOCLOWSKI, B. S. Spiridigliozzi, K. J. Magnus, R. D. Lane, E. Del Baggio, B. Spiridigliozzi, J. M. Leighty, A. G. Dannaway, W. C. Hamilton, L. G. Myers, F. R. Wallace, G. D. Labriola, and John N. Dumbeck, W. H. Moore, and G. F. Colyer, Appellants, v. PENN CENTRAL TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 2017, B. E. Porta and E. V. Atreed, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1977.

As Amended May 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Dean Lower, Hollidaysburg, Pa., for appellants.

Hermon M. Wells, David A. McCormick, Philadelphia, Pa., for Penn Central Transp. Co.

Michael Klein, O'Donnell & Schwartz, New York City, for Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, and E. V. Atreed, appellees.

Richard D. Gilardi, Gilardi & Cooper, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Transport Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO, Local 2107 and B. E. Porta, appellees.

Before ROSENN and VAN DUSEN, Circuit Judges, and STERN, District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal brings into focus critical questions concerning the boundaries of federal court power to intercede in disputes between railroad employees, their union, and their employer. We must decide the extent of district court jurisdiction to hear employee challenges to the validity of an agreement entered into by a union and a railroad employer affecting the seniority of certain employees. Additionally, we must...

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