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· 5/26/1930

Texas & NOR Co. v. Brotherhood of Ry. & Steamship Clerks

Citations

  • 281 U.S. 548
  • 50 S. Ct. 427
  • 74 L. Ed. 1034
  • 1930 U.S. LEXIS 736

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • finding provision in Railway Labor Act stating that employees’ right to designate representatives without interference, influence, or coercion did not violate employer’s right to freedom of association
  • courts may enforce right under RLA to be free from coercion in organization and choice of bargaining representative
  • “[S]trike prevention, not dispute resolution per se, was ‘the major purpose of Congress in passing the Railway Labor Act.’”
  • private right and remedy of injunction available to prevent interference with organizational rights
  • private right and remedy of injunction available to prevent interference with organizational rights
  • action to enforce rights under Railway Labor Act may be brought in federal court

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Judges: Hughes, McReynolds

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