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BROTH. OF R.R. SIGNALMEN v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN R.

No. 86-2602.

829 F.2d 617 (1987)

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD SIGNALMEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Murphy, Highsaw & Mahoney, P.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

T. Jay Thompson, Burlington Northern R.R., Ft. Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, CUDAHY and POSNER, Circuit Judges.

CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this appeal is whether a request by a member of a railroad's security force that some employees voluntarily submit to polygraph examinations constitutes a major dispute within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act. See generally Leu v. Norfolk & Western Railway, 820 F.2d 825 (7th Cir.1987). The district court held that on the facts of this case it did not. We affirm.

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