United States Fourth Circuit

The compulsory arbitration requirements of the Railway Labor Act, 45 USC 151 et seq., do not extend to disputes arising under individual employment contracts.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/26/2001
• Decided 05/04/2001
• Published 05/04/2001

Judges

• Before WILKINS, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Roy Theodore Englert, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC, for Appellant.  John O'Brien Clarke, Jr., Highsaw, Mahoney & Clarke, Washington, DC, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Andrew A. Nicely, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Washington, DC;  James W. Gladden, Jr., Kristen W. Crosby, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Appellant.   Robert A. Bush, Ira L. Gottlieb, Joseph A. Kohanski, Geffner & Bush, Burbank, CA, for Amicus Curiae.