Case Name: UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellees; NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellants, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee; BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1964-03-12
Citations: 330 F.2d 853
Docket Number: Nos. 17777, 18068, 18072
Parties: UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellees. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellants, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 330
Pages: 853–858

Head Matter:
UNITED AIR LINES, INC., Appellant, v. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellees. NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD et al., Appellants, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, FREIGHT HANDLERS, EXPRESS AND STATION EMPLOYES, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION FOR the BENEFIT OF NON-CONTRACT EMPLOYEES, Appellee.
Nos. 17777, 18068, 18072.
United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.
Argued Feb. 13, 1964.
Decided March 12, 1964.
Petition for Rehearing in No. 17777 Denied April 14, 1964.
Mr. Stuart Bernstein, Chicago, Ill., with whom Mr. James Francis Reilly, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 17,777.
Mr. Milton Kramer, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James L. Highsaw, Jr., Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant in No. 18,072.
Mr. Howard E. Shapiro, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Asst. Atty. Gen. John W. Douglas, Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., and Morton Hollander, Atty., Dept. of Justice, were on the brief, for appellees in No. 17,777 and for appellants in No. 18,068.
Mr. Alex L. Arguello, San Francisco, Cal., of the bar of the Supreme Court of California, pro hac vice, by special leave of court, with whom Mr. Jerome C. Muys, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee in No. 18,068 and No. 18,072. Mr. David Booth Beers, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee in No. 18,068 and No. 18,072.
Mr. John B. Stephen, Washington, D. C. , filed a brief on behalf of Air Transport Association of America, as amicus curiae, urging reversal in No. 17,777.
Mr. William G. Mahoney, Washington, D. C., filed a brief on behalf of Railway Labor Executives’ Association, as amicus curiae, urging .affirmance in No. 17,777.
Before Wilbur K. Miller, Bastían and Wright, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
These three appeals have been consolidated by this court. In our view Nos. 18,068 and 18,072 should be disposed of first, although they are later in their numbering.
In No. 18,068, the National Mediation Board appeals from an order issued by the District Court which, among other things, restrains the Board from conducting a representation election.
In No. 18,072, the Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express and Station Employes appeals from the same order.
The order appealed from is as follows :
" Ordered That the Board is hereby permanently enjoined from conducting any election among the 'Clerical, Office, Stores, Fleet and Passenger Service employees' of United Air Lines, Inc., in which the form of the ballot does not permit a voting employee to cast a vote against collective bargaining representation, and it is
"Further Ordered That the plaintiff's request that the Board shall conduct a hearing relating to the question of the appropriateness of class or craft of employees among whom the election was to be held, at which hearing the plaintiff could be heard as a party in interest, shall be and the same is hereby remanded to the Board for further consideration in the light of the Court's conclusion that the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. § 151 et seq. gives employees, a right to have a ballot on which they may express a preference for no collective bargaining representation."
The opinion of Judge Youngdahl, of the District Court, is found in D.C.D.C., 218 F.Supp. 114 (1963) and is adopted; by us as the opinion of this court. It. follows that the judgment of the District. Court in these cases must be affirmed.
In No. 17,777, United Air Lines, Inc.. appeals from the dismissal by the District Court of its action filed to enjoin: the election proposed by the National! Mediation Board. The grounds for dismissal of the action are not stated in: the court's order but, as one of the' grounds urged was lack of standing on: the part of United Air Lines, we assume-it was on this ground that the suit was-, dismissed. The close question as to. United's standing, about which there is a dearth of authority, causes us concern. We have decided, however, not to disturb, the District Court's dismissal, because-our decision in the other two cases affords the relief concerning the form of the ballot which United sought.
No. 18,068 is affirmed.
No. 18,072 is affirmed.
No. 17,777 is affirmed.