General Committee of Adjustment, United Transportation Union, Western Maryland Railway Co. v. CSX Railroad’s Empirical Analysis
893 F.2d 584 · 1990
Citation profile
39 federal appellate · 2 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 58 later decisions — most recently October 2017 · most notably Chicago & North Western Transportation Co. v. Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n (1990), In Re: Continental Airlines, Debtor. Air Line Pilots Association v. Continental Airlines, Lpp Effective Date Committee, Honorable John Stonitsch, Trustee. Lpp No. 96-7028 . In Re: Continental Airlines, Debtor. Air Line Pilots Association v. Continental Airlines, LLP Effective Date Committee, Honorable John Stonitsch, Trustee. Continental Airlines, Inc., No. 96-7038 (1997)
39 federal appellate · 2 district ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 28 U.S.C. § 1337 · 45 U.S.C. § 152 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 153 (Railway Labor Act) · 45 U.S.C. § 156 (Railway Labor Act) · 49 U.S.C. § 10901
Relies on Bates v. State Bar · Elgin Ry Co v. Burley · Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana Railroad · Consolidated Rail Corporation v. Railway Labor Executives' Assn. · Metropolitan Edison Company v. National Labor Relations Board
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 58 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“[A minor dispute] contemplates the existence of a collective agreement already concluded or, at any rate, a situation in which no effort is made to bring about a formal change in terms or to create a new one. The dispute relates either to the meaning or proper application of a particular provision with reference to a specific situation or to an omitted case. In the latter event the claim is founded upon some incident of the employment relation, or asserted one, independent of those covered by the collective agreement, e.g., claims on account of personal injuries. In either case the claim is to rights accrued, not merely to have new ones created for the future.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The reduction in force and furlough provisions in the agreements allowed the Railroad to unilaterally abolish job assignments after giving notice. They also addressed the rights that Union employees had when jobs were abolished — namely, the right to bid on other assignments and "bump" other employees on the basis of seniority and to receive certain benefits if furloughed. The agreements do not limit the reduction in force and furlough provisions to situations that do not involve sales.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Railroad has disposed of rail lines on numerous occasions, leading to the abolishment of many job assignments. Indeed, it has sold segments of the Western Maryland lines on three other occasions since 1983. While labor protective conditions were imposed in two of these earlier sales, no claims were then made by the Union that the Railroad was acting outside the scope of the existing agreement, even though Union employees were obviously affected by the sales.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.