Case Name: 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
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-03-24
Citations: 318 F. App'x 121
Docket Number: No. 06-1905
Parties: 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.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 318
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
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.
No. 06-1905.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Argued March 5, 2009.
Filed: March 24, 2009.
Roland P. Wilder, Jr. (argued), William R. Wilder, Baptiste & Wilder, P.C., Washington, DC, for Appellants.
Clinton J. Miller, III (argued), General Counsel, United Transportation Union, Cleveland, OH, Samuel J. Rosenthal, Barish Rosenthal, Philadelphia, PA, for Appel-lee United Transportation Union.
Thomas E. Reinert, Jr. (argued), Ralph J. Moore, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Boekius, LLP, Washington, DC, for Appellee Carriers.
BEFORE: BARRY and GREENBERG, Circuit Judges, and ACKERMAN, District Judge.
The Honorable Harold A. Ackerman, Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
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, 2006 WL 328369, 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.