United States Fourth Circuit

In suit brought to vacate several arbitration awards issued by the National Railroad Adjustment Board, and arising from a labor dispute, summary judgment for defendants and denial of summary judgment to plaintiff is affirmed over claim that the NRAB did not have jurisdiction to resolve those disputes and that the Surface Transportation Board had exclusive jurisdiction.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/29/2006
• Decided 03/28/2007
• Published 03/28/2007

Judges

• Before MICHAEL and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and DAVID A. FABER, Chief United States District Judge for the Southern District of West Virginia, sitting by designation.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Ronald Maurice Johnson, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  John A. Edmond, Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.   ON BRIEF:  Nilufer Loy, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Soye Kim, Guerrieri, Edmond, Clayman & Bartos, P.C., Washington, D.C., for Appellee Transportation Communications International Union.