BROTH. OF RY., ETC. v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY CO.

No. 87-1313.

847 F.2d 403 (1988)

BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY, AIRLINE & STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS & STATION EMPLOYEES, an association, and BRAC Santa Fe Systems Board of Adjustment, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 20, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Edmond, Guerrieri & Sweeney, P.C., Washington, D.C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

John J. Fleps, Santa Fe Southern Pacific Corp., Legal Dept., Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before COFFEY and FLAUM, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFEY, Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires the court to determine the breadth of federal courts' jurisdiction over a dispute between a railroad, the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company ("Santa Fe"), and a union, the Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees ("BRAC"). BRAC sued Santa Fe in federal district court, asking that the court enjoin a Santa Fe program or plan to purchase the resignations...

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