# Amicus Curiae Brief — Burlington Northern Railroad v. Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employes

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Amicus Curiae Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1987
- **Citation:** 481 U.S. 429

## Text

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No. 86-39 OV 20 1996
JOSEPH F. SPANIOL, JR.
IN THE CLERK

Supreme Court of the Wuited States
OCTOBER TERM, 1986

RURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY,
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,
MIScOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY,

THE ATCi'SON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE
RAILWAY COMPANY,

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY,
BALTIMORE AND OHIO CHICAGO TERMINAL COMPANY,
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY,
AND CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.,

. Petitioners,

BROTHERHOOD OF MAINTENANCE OF
WAY EMPLOYES, et al.,

Respondents.

On Writ of Certievari to the United States
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

BRIEF OF AMICUS CURIAE
THE NATIONAL RAILWAY LABOR CONFERENCE

WILLIAM J. CURTIN

HARRY A. RISSETTO *
THOMAS E. REINERT, JR.
1800 M Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 872-5084

Of Counsel:

MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS

1800 M Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

(202) 872-5000 * Counsel of Record

WILSON - EPES PRINTING Co., INC. - 789-0096 - WASHINGTON, D.C. 20001

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

1. Whether the Railway Labor Act prohibits a rail un-
ion from threatening or undertaking economic action
against a carrier when the union has not exhausted
the Act’s major dispute resolution procedures with
respect to that carrier.

2. Whether the Railway Labor Act prohibits a rail un-
ion from threatening or undertaking nationwide eco-
nomic action against railroad industry carriers when
the union has not exhausted the Act’s major dispute
resolution procedures in national handling.

(i)

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