CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN v. RAILWAY LABOR EXEC.

Nos. 89-3265, 89-3436.

908 F.2d 144 (1990)

CHICAGO & NORTH WESTERN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. RAILWAY LABOR EXECUTIVES' ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants-Appellants, Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1990.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 21, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart F. Gassner, Myles L. Tobin, James P. Daley, Ronald J. Cuchna, Chicago Northwestern Ry., Co., Law Dept., Chicago, Ill., Ralph J. Moore, Jr., D. Eugenia Langan, John R. Cooke, Shea & Gardner, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Solomon I. Hirsh, Dale D. Pierson, Baum & Sigman, Chicago, Ill., John O'B. Clarke, Jr., Janet K. DeCosta, Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Washington, D.C., for defendants-appellants.

Before POSNER, EASTERBROOK, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 21, 1990.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

These appeals, which pit the owner of a large midwestern railroad against the unions that represent its workers, present intricate questions under the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., as well as a difficult question of appellate jurisdiction.

Like many American railroads, the C & NW in recent years has been busy discontinuing service on unprofitable...

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