In defendant-Amtrak's appeal from an order setting aside an award issued by a special adjustment board constituted pursuant to the Railway Labor Act (RLA), the order is reversed where the board did not exceed its jurisdiction under the RLA when it held that Amtrak was permitted to discipline an employee for conduct that occurred while that employee was functioning as a union representative.
Read United Transp. Union v. Nat'l. R.R. Passenger Corp., No. 08-0854
Appellate Information
Argued: April 3, 2009
Decided: December 9, 2009
Judges
Opinion by Judge Sullivan
Counsel
For Plaintiffs:
Kevin C. Brodar, Clinton J. Miller, III, United Transportation Union, Cleveland, OH
For Defendant:
Thomas E. Reinert, Jr., Jonathan C. Fritts and Kirsten B. White, Morgan Lewis & Bockius, LLP, Washington, DC
