BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS v. BOSTON & MAINE CORP.

No. 85-1852.

788 F.2d 794 (1986)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. BOSTON & MAINE CORPORATION, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Ross, with whom Joseph E. Prekop, Ross & Kraushaar Co., L.P.A., Cleveland, Ohio, Donald J. Siegel, Segal Roitman & Coleman, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellant.

Stephen M. Olson, David J. Strasser, James E. Howard, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Pittsburgh, Pa., were on brief, for defendant, appellee.

Before COFFIN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges, PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers (Brotherhood) filed suit in federal court in the District of Massachusetts seeking declaratory and injunctive relief for alleged violations of the Railway Labor Act (RLA), 45 U.S.C. § 151, et seq. (1982), by the Boston & Maine Corporation (B & M). The district court dismissed the case for want of subject matter jurisdiction, ruling that Brotherhood did not raise a "major" dispute under...

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