BROTHERHOOD OF MAINT., WAY EMPLOY. v. CSX TRANSP.

No. 06-2744.

478 F.3d 814 (2007)

BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF WAY EMPLOYEES, Rufilio G. Herrera, Joseph M. Franco, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INCORPORATED, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, Union Pacific Railroad Company, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 2, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dale D. Pierson, Countryside, IL, John A. Edmond, Carmen R. Parcelli (argued), Guerrieri, Edmond & Clayman, Washington, DC, Charles A. Collins, St. Paul, MN, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Donald J. Munro (argued), Goodwin Procter, Washington, DC, Daniel J. Mohan, Daley & Mohan, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Before KANNE, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


EVANS, Circuit Judge.

A dozen unions1 contend that five railroad carriers2 have violated collective bargaining rights in their interpretation of the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), 29 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq. Cases involving this controversy, filed in various federal courts,3 were consolidated in the Northern District of Illinois, where a declaratory judgment was entered...

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