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Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 (1950)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 (1950)
Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Co. No. 391 Argued February 8, 1950 Decided April 10, 1950 339 U.S. 239
CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK
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1. A railroad had separate collective bargaining agreements with two labor unions. A dispute arose between the two unions concerning the scope of their respective agreements, each claiming for its members certain jobs with the railroad. The claims were pursued in "the usual manner" under § 3 First(i) of the Railway Labor Act, without reaching an adjustment. Instead of invoking the jurisdiction of the Adjustment Board, the railroad filed a declaratory judgment action in a state court, naming both unions as defendants. After a trial, the state court interpreted the agreements and entered a declaratory judgment.
Held: Under § 3 of the Railway Labor Act, the jurisdiction of the Adjustment Board to adjust grievances and disputes of the type here involved is exclusive, and the state court erred in interpreting the agreements and entering a declaratory judgment. Pp. 240-245.
2. The rationale of Order of Conductors v. Pitney, 326 U.S. 561, holding that federal courts should not interpret a carrier-union collective agreement prior to an interpretation of such agreement by the Adjustment Board, equally supports a denial of power to a state court to invade the jurisdiction conferred on the Adjustment Board by the Railway Labor Act. Moore v. Illinois Central R. Co., 312 U.S. 630, distinguished. Pp. 243-245.
299 N.Y. 496, 87 N.E.2d 532, reversed.
A railroad brought a declaratory judgment action in a New York state court, naming as defendants two labor unions with which it had separate collective bargaining agreements. The state court interpreted the agreements and entered a declaratory judgment, which was affirmed by the Appellate Division, 274 App.Div. 950, 83 N.Y.S.2d 513, and the Court of Appeals, 299 N.Y. 496, 87 N.E.2d 532. This Court granted certiorari. 338 U.S. 890. Reversed and remanded, p. 245.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 (1950) in 339 U.S. 239 339 U.S. 240. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8AT4MQIVISU5V1T.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 (1950), in 339 U.S. 239, page 339 U.S. 240. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8AT4MQIVISU5V1T.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. Co., 339 U.S. 239 (1950). cited in 1950, 339 U.S. 239, pp.339 U.S. 240. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8AT4MQIVISU5V1T.
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