BEARDSLY v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSP. CO.

Nos. 86-1369, 86-1370, 86-1372 to 86-1374, 86-1950 and 87-1325.

850 F.2d 1255 (1988)

L. Lee BEARDSLY, Appellant, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO., et al., Appellees. Francis E. AMIOT, Appellant, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO., et al., Appellees. John E. REECE, et al., Appellants, v. CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION CO., et al., Appellees. Jack L. CHAMBERS, et al., Appellants, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, et al., Appellees. Roger L. SWIFT; Oscar D. Overton; W.R. Urton; Robert W. Luth; Mark R. Pomery; David G. Dickey; Terry B. Turvold and Clyde R. Thomas, Appellants, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY; United Transportation Union, an unincorporated labor organization; and The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an unincorporated labor organization, Appellees. Harold L. KING; James L. Knox; Steven Arthur Newton; George R. Etherton; Larry L. Williams; John F. Keith; and Joseph A. Rush, Appellants, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY and The United Transportation Union, an unincorporated labor organization, Appellees. Vane NEWTON; Robert R. Bailey; Wayne A. Moore; Robert L. Duncan; Harold E. Johnson; Donald L. Kidd, Sr.; H.L. Kidd, Jr.; B.J. Rude; Max A. Eads; Jack E. Brown; Milton E. Capps; Wilbur Stanton; J.W. Burke, Jr.; E.D. Snyder; Daniel V. Middour; Donald P. McCaleb; Sam H. Dean; Donald E. Bisgaard; Robert W. Shaner; LaDon E. Crane; Roger L. Rothamel; Arnold M. Scheel; Frank M. Ramey; A.M. McQuade; Lloyd G. Andrews; Richard D. Thorsland; John R. Vincent; Stephen R. Early; Leo T. Seehan; and Richard A. Nitcher; John E. Beghtol; Dennis E. Chaplin; Paul W. Strawn; Max R. Williams; David Yackle; Francis E. Amiot; James F. Ramsey; Allan P. Sherling; Jerry E. Payne; Richard A. Clark; Kenneth W. Brevig; Stephen D. Rosentangle and William H. Rosentangle, Appellants, v. CHICAGO AND NORTHWESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY; United Transportation Union, an Unincorporated Labor Organization; and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Unincorporated Labor Organization, Appellees. Angeline V. BOLL, Robert J. Tollakson and Dennis L. Stowe, Appellants, v. CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, and Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employees, an unincorporated labor organization, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1988.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce H. Stoltze, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellants.

Ralph J. Moore, Washington, D.C., Norton N. Newborn & Harold Ross, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellees.

Before HEANEY, BOWMAN and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing En Banc Denied June 20, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 14, 1988.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

I. OVERVIEW

One hundred fifty-eight former employees of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad (Rock Island or Rock Island Railroad) appeal from decisions of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa dismissing or denying their claims against the Chicago & Northwestern Transportation...

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