BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO. v. UNITED TRANSP. UNION

No. 82 C 2248.

539 F.Supp. 988 (1982)

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, a corporation, and The Fort Worth and Denver Railway Company, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, F. A. Hardin, International President; Harold Nelson, Vice President; H. G. Kenyon, Vice President; G. J. Cahill, Vice President; K. L. Levin, Vice President; Robert Hart, General Counsel; and M. A. Duke, J. R. Horn, John Reynolds, F. W. Kruger, G. P. Schiller, M. M. Winter, G. D. Hitz, J. E. Hurley, A. S. Driver, General Chairmen; Robert M. Kluge, Gerald P. Wold, Jerome L. Nelson, Local Chairmen, St. Paul, Minnesota; D. L. Brown, R. J. Daurer, D. S. Hill and R. W. Linroth, Local Chairmen, Chicago, Illinois, Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

May 5, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Schreiber, Thomas J. Knapp, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

John J. Naughton, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

GETZENDANNER, District Judge.

FINDINGS OF FACT

1. On April 13, 1982, at approximately 6:00 a. m. CST, members of the United Transportation Union (UTU) struck the Burlington Northern Railroad Company (BN).1

2. After the strike commenced, Mr. Egbers, BN's Vice President of Labor Relations, contacted two UTU officials, Mr. Hitz and Mr. Duke, and was told by them that the reasons for...

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