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St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. v. Rd. Yardmasters

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 13, 1965
345 F.2d 181 (5th Cir. 1965)

Opinion

No. 21912.

May 13, 1965.

Martin M. Lucente, Chicago, Ill., Ernest D. Grinnell, Jr., Paul R. Moody, St. Louis, Mo., Judge Gambill, Ft. Worth, Tex., Robert E. Burns, Dallas, Tex., Harry McCall, Jr., Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Burke, Toler Hopkins, New Orleans, La., Martin M. Lucente, Sidley, Austin, Burgess Smith, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant, Allen, Gambill Gambill, Forth Worth, Tex., Burford, Ryburn Ford, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Charles J. Morris, Dallas, Tex., for appellee, Mullinax, Wells, Morris Mauzy, Dallas, Tex., of counsel.

Before WOODBURY, JONES and GEWIN, Circuit Judges.

Senior Judge of the First Circuit, sitting by designation.


The appellee union brought a suit to enjoin the appellant railway from proceeding with its announced intention to abolish certain yardmaster positions. This Court, reversing the district court, held that the dispute between the union and the carrier was within the jurisdiction of the National Railroad Adjustment Board. St. Louis, S.F. T. Ry. Co. v. Railroad Yardmasters of America, 5 Cir., 328 F.2d 749, cert. den. 377 U.S. 980, 84 S.Ct. 1886, 12 L.Ed.2d 748.

On August 5, 1964, the district court entered a preliminary injunction prohibiting the railroad from abolishing the yardmaster positions at Fort Worth, Texas, pending final determination by the National Railroad Adjustment Board. This appeal was taken by the railroad from the injunctive order, primarily on several jurisdictional grounds.

While the appeal was under submission but was undecided, the National Railway Adjustment Board, on April 8, 1965, made its award sustaining the claim of the yardmasters.

The tribunal which had jurisdiction over the controversy has decided it. The decision of the Board was the event upon which the injunction was conditioned. The injunction is no longer operative and the appeal has become moot. Therefore, the appeal is

Dismissed.


Summaries of

St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. v. Rd. Yardmasters

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
May 13, 1965
345 F.2d 181 (5th Cir. 1965)
Case details for

St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. v. Rd. Yardmasters

Case Details

Full title:ST. LOUIS-SAN FRANCISCO RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. RAILROAD…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: May 13, 1965

Citations

345 F.2d 181 (5th Cir. 1965)

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