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· 2/14/1916

Tompkins v. Perrin

Citations

  • 13 Tiess. 52

Syllabus

<p>Whatever’ may be the liability of joint tenants when nothing is said on that subject, yet when the parties intend to limit their liability to the landlord and the latter consents thereto, the contract, and not the general rule, is the law between the parties.</p> <p>Syllabus.</p>

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  • looking to unions' words and deeds to confirm Amtrak's assertion that the dispute was major
  • “When the RLA prohibits a strike it also prohibits any union tactic ‘which has the consequences of a strike.’”
  • where a proposed strike over Amtrak's funding \gr[ew] out of\ a dispute over the terms of a new collective bargaining agreement, and both the strike and agreement would alter pay and working conditions, the strike \gr[ew] out of\ the major dispute

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Judges: Honor, John, Paul

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