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BURLINGTON NORTHERN R. CO. v. B.M.W.E.

No. 86-1666.

793 F.2d 795 (1986)

BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 4, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John O'B Clarke, Jr., Highsaw & Mahoney, P.C., Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Richard J. Schreiber, Sen. Asst. Vice. Pres., Ft. Worth, Tex., James S. Whitehead, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 8, 1986.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

A dispute between a tiny railroad in New England and one of its unions threatens to disrupt rail transportation throughout the United States. Concluding that any legal system that allows this to occur would deserve Mr. Bumble's condemnation, the district court issued an injunction against the union's picketing. The railroads defend the injunction on the principal ground that Congress...

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