United States Sixth Circuit

Dismissal of a suit brought by a union claiming that it had a right to designate a representative on a safety committee established by its collective bargaining agreement with defendant is affirmed where the district court properly found that, under the Railway Labor Act, the dispute fell within the exclusive jurisdiction of the system adjustment board.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/26/2006
• Published 04/26/2006

Judges

• Before:  SILER, SUTTON, and COOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Roland Wilder, Jr., Baptiste & Wilder, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Tony C. Coleman, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Roland Wilder, Jr., Katherine A. McDonough, Baptiste & Wilder, Washington, D.C., for Appellants.  Tony C. Coleman, David L. Hoskins, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Louisville, Kentucky, for Appellee.