Union Pacific R. Co. v. Sheehan, 439 U.S. 89 (1978)

Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. Sheehan


No. 78-344


Decided December 4, 1978
439 U.S. 89

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

The National Railroad Adjustment Board’s determination that respondent railroad employee had not filed his appeal to the Board from his allegedly wrongful discharge by petitioner within the time prescribed by the governing collective bargaining agreement was final and binding upon the parties under § 3 First (q) of the Railway Labor Act, and neither the District Court nor the Court of Appeals had authority to disturb such decision.

Certiorari granted; 576 F.2d 854, revered.