Brhd of Locomotive v. United Transp Union ( 2009 )

Opinions of the United
2009 Decisions States Court of Appeals
for the Third Circuit
3-24-2009
Brhd of Locomotive v. United Transp Union
Precedential or Non-Precedential: Non-Precedential
Docket No. 06-1905
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NOT PRECEDENTIAL
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT
No. 06-1905
BROTHERHOOD OF LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS
AND TRAINMEN; MARTIN G. CROTHERS;
GEORGE H. TOMPKINS,
Appellants
v.
UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION;
NATIONAL RAILWAY LABOR CONFERENCE;
CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.;
KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN;
NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY;
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD;
BURLINGTON NORTHERN SANTA FE
On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
(D.C. Civ. No. 04-05491)
Honorable Gene E. K. Pratter, District Judge
Argued March 5, 2009
BEFORE: BARRY and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges,
and ACKERMAN, District Judge*
(Filed: March 24, 2009)
*The Honorable Harold A. Ackerman, Senior Judge of the United States District Court
for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.
Roland P. Wilder, Jr. (argued)
William R. Wilder
Baptiste & Wilder, P.C.
1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, DC 20036
Attorneys for Appellants
Clinton J. Miller, III (argued)
General Counsel
United Transportation Union
Suite 300
14600 Detroit Ave.
Cleveland, OH 44017
Samuel J. Rosenthal
Barish Rosenthal
1601 Cherry St.
Suite 1320, Three Parkway
Philadelphia, PA 19102-0000
Attorneys for Appellee United Transportation Union
Thomas E. Reinert, Jr. (argued)
Ralph J. Moore, Jr.
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP
1111 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20004
Attorneys for Appellee Carriers
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
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This matter comes on before this Court on an appeal from a summary judgment
entered in the District Court on February 13, 2006, in this case arising under the Railway
Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. The District Court had jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §
1331 and 28 U.S.C. § 1367(a) and we have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We
exercise plenary review on this appeal. See Dilworth v. Metro. Life Ins. Co., 418 F.3d
345, 349 (3d Cir. 2005). Consequently, we can affirm only if we find that there is no
dispute as to any material fact and appellees are entitled to a judgment as a matter of law.
Id.Exercising plenary review, we are in full accord with the District Court’s
reasoning and result as set forth in its memorandum opinion of February 10, 2006, and,
therefore, we will affirm its order entered February 13, 2006, substantially for the reasons
that the District Court set forth in its comprehensive opinion.
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