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RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' v. BOSTON & MAINE CORP.

No. 86-1653.

808 F.2d 150 (1986)

RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. BOSTON & MAINE CORPORATION, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 22, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Moore, Jr. with whom William F. Sheehan, Richard M. Wyner, Eugenia Langan, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., Charles S. Einsiedler, Jr., Pierce, Atwood, Scribner, Allen, Smith & Lancaster, Portland, Me., and John Townsend Rich, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants.

John O'B. Clarke, Jr. with whom Thomas P. Murphy, Kimberly A. Madigan, Highsaw & Mahoney, P.C., Washington, D.C., Craig J. Rancourt and Law Offices of Craig J. Rancourt, Biddeford, Me., were on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

The central issue presented by this appeal is, whether under the circumstances of this case, the abolishment of certain job positions constitutes a "minor" dispute1 subject to the arbitration provisions of existing collective bargaining agreements, or whether such actions are a violation of the substantive provisions of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. (RLA), the reparation of which...

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