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BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENG. AND TRAINMEN v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.

No. 06-3282.

500 F.3d 591 (2007)

BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS AND TRAINMEN, General Committee of Adjustment, Central Region, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 30, 2007.

Rehearing Denied October 11, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge Sanchez (argued), Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Thomas W. Cushing (argued), Union Pacific Railroad Company Law Department, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

A railroad workers' union obtained an arbitration award and sought enforcement of it in the district court. The purpose of seeking enforcement was presumably to enable the union to charge the railroad with contempt of court if the railroad failed to comply with the award. E.g., Lindland v. United States Wrestling Association, Inc., 228 F.3d 782, 783 (7th Cir.2000) (per curiam); Electrical Workers Pension...

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