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No. 8902673
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Southern Pacific Transportation Co. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
No. 8902673 · Decided January 23, 1973
No. 8902673·Ninth Circuit · 1973·
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Case Details
Court
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided
January 23, 1973
Citation
No. 8902673
Disposition
See opinion text.
Full Opinion
PER CURIAM: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers appeals from a preliminary injunction against a work stoppage in a dispute with Southern Pacific Transportation Company concerning work assignments. The identical legal questions now before this court were recently presented and decided in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. Washington Terminal Company, 473 F.2d 1156 (D.C. Cir., 1972). A comprehensive opinion authored by Judge MacKinnon traces the legislative and judicial history of the controlling legislation, and resolves, for the purposes of this dispute, the legal questions presented here. We agree with the conclusion of the District of Columbia Circuit that the work-assignment dispute in *697 volved in these cases is a “minor dispute” within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 153 (1970), and, accordingly, that its proper resolution is for the National Railroad Adjustment Board. Affirmed.
Plain English Summary
PER CURIAM: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers appeals from a preliminary injunction against a work stoppage in a dispute with Southern Pacific Transportation Company concerning work assignments.
Key Points
01PER CURIAM: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers appeals from a preliminary injunction against a work stoppage in a dispute with Southern Pacific Transportation Company concerning work assignments.
02The identical legal questions now before this court were recently presented and decided in International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v.
03A comprehensive opinion authored by Judge MacKinnon traces the legislative and judicial history of the controlling legislation, and resolves, for the purposes of this dispute, the legal questions presented here.
04We agree with the conclusion of the District of Columbia Circuit that the work-assignment dispute in *697 volved in these cases is a “minor dispute” within the meaning of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C.
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PER CURIAM: The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers appeals from a preliminary injunction against a work stoppage in a dispute with Southern Pacific Transportation Company concerning work assignments.
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This case was decided on January 23, 1973.
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