WIGHTMAN v. SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RY. CO.

No. 96-1378.

100 F.3d 228 (1996)

Douglas T. WIGHTMAN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. SPRINGFIELD TERMINAL RAILWAY COMPANY and United Transportation Union, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold A. Ross, Cleveland, OH, with whom Ross & Kraushaar Co., L.P.A., Shelley B. Kroll, and Segal, Roitman & Coleman were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellants.

John R. Nadolny, for defendant, appellee Springfield Terminal Railway Co.

Norton N. Newborn, Cleveland, OH, with whom Norton N. Newborn Co., L.P.A., James F. Freeley, Jr., and Freeley & Freeley were on brief, for defendant, appellee United Transportation Union.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, Circuit Judge.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and several of its individual members ("BLE") sought to enjoin enactment of a clause in a newly negotiated collective bargaining agreement between Appellees United Transportation Union ("UTU") and Springfield Terminal Railway Co. ("ST"), as a violation of the Railway Labor Act ("RLA"), 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188. The district court denied the injunction and granted summary judgment for UTU and...

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