RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES v. BOSTON & MAINE CORP.

Civ. Nos. 86-0122 P, 86-0194 P.

639 F.Supp. 1092 (1986)

RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, v. BOSTON & MAINE CORPORATION, Delaware & Hudson Railway Company, Maine Central Railroad Company, and Portland Terminal Company, Defendants. The BOSTON & MAINE CORPORATION, Delaware & Hudson Railway Co., Maine Central Railroad Company, and Portland Terminal Company, Plaintiffs, v. UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION, Sheetmetal Workers International Association, Brotherhood of Railroad Signalmen, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgemen & Helpers, Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, International Brotherhood of Firemen & Oilers, International Association of Machinists, and International Association of Electrical Workers, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Maine.

Memorandum of Decision and Order on Motion for Stay Pending Appeal July 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Read, Craig J. Rancourt, Biddeford, Me., John O'B. Clarke, Thomas P. Murphy, Kimberlay A. Madigan, Highsaw & Mahoney, Washington D.C., for plaintiffs.

Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Shea & Gardner, Washington D.C., for co-counsel for Boston & Maine, et al.

Charles S. Einsiedler, Jr., Portland, Me., for Boston & Maine; Del & Hudson; MCRR; PTC.

Warren D. Hutchinson, James E. Howard, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Boston, Mass., Jay S. Blumenkopf, Drummond Woodsum, Portland, Me., for Guilford.

P. Benjamin Zuckerman, Robert J. Keach, David C. Hillman, Verrill & Dana, Mathew L. Caras, Portland, Me., for debtor.

William Black, Portland, Me., trustee.

Stanley Greenberg, Portland, Me., for Creditor's Committee.

John E. O'Keefe, John D. Molloy, Kinga LaChapelle, B & M Corp., Billerica, Mass., Ralph J. Moore, Jr., William F. Sheehan, Richard M. Wyner, Shea & Gardner, Washington D.C., for plaintiffs.

James F. Freely, Jr., Phillip E. Cleary, Boston, Mass., for United Trans. Union.

Gregory Flynn, Boston, Mass., for MBTA.

George Cahill, Cahill Goetsch & DiPersia, P.C., New Haven, Conn., Martha Sossman, Asst. U.S. Atty., John O'B. Clarke, Jr., Thomas P. Murphy, Highsaw & Mahoney, P.C., Washington D.C., Robert T. Naumes, Malone & Naumes, Boston, Mass., for United Trans. Union.

Paul Kelly, Segal Roitman & Coleman, Boston, Mass., for Bros of Loc. Engineers.


GENE CARTER, District Judge.

I. Procedural Background

This is an action arising under the Railway Labor Act (hereinafter "RLA"), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151, et seq. The Plaintiff, Railway Labor Executives' Association (hereinafter "RLEA"), is a voluntary, unincorporated association of the Chief Executive Officers of nineteen standard labor organizations which collectively represent virtually all organized railroad employees in the nation.<...

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