Court Opinion

ID: 9456857
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-04 20:04:20.927132+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:35:07.470602
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BRIGHT, Circuit Judge
(concurring).
I concur in the court’s opinion to the extent that it effectively enjoins the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) from instructing its members not to cross the picket lines established by BRAC. I believe that NWA has presented adequate grounds on this motion to justify the issuance of a temporary injunction pending appeal in the exercise of this court’s equitable discretion. F.R.A.P. 8(a), 28 U.S.C. Eastern Greyhound Lines v. Fusco, 310 F.2d 632 (6th Cir. 1962).
I am compelled to disagree with the action of the majority which for practical purposes determines the merits of the substantive issue in this case: whether or not ALPA’s claimed right as a union to instruct its members to refuse to cross BRAC picket lines is a matter the union *250must submit to the System Board of Adjustment for compulsory arbitration. This difficult legal issue merits intensive study and thorough consideration, see Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Enginemen v. Florida East Coast Ry., 346 F.2d 673 (5th Cir. 1965); Chicago & Illinois Midland Ry. v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, 315 F.2d 771 (7th Cir. 1963); Northwest Airlines, Inc. v. Transport Workers Union, 190 F.Supp. 495 (W.D.Wash.1961), and should not be resolved upon a motion for a temporary injunction. At any rate, NWA’s presentation before us indicated some probability of success based upon Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago River & Indiana R., 353 U.S. 30, 77 S.Ct. 635, 1 L.Ed.2d 622 (1957), and its progeny. The facts presented to us provide a persuasive basis to protect the parties, their members and employees, and the public from sustaining irreparable harm pending final decision on appeal. That appeal is not yet before us.
While I concur in the direction of the majority’s opinion, I feel that its method takes us too far at this time.