Dan L. Kelly v. Burlington Northern Railroad Company

896 F.2d 1194 133 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2717 , 114 Lab.Cas. P 11,934 Dan L. KELLY, Moreland Neiman, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY, its agents and representatives; Brotherhood of Railway, Airline & Steamship Clerks, Freight Handlers, Express & Station Employees (BRAC), its agents & representatives, et al., Defendants-Appellees. No. 88-4121. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 5, 1989. Decided Feb. 21, 1990. Thomas J. Beers, Mark S. Connell, Connell & Beers, Missoula, Mont., for plaintiffs-appellants. Charles C. Dearden, Murphy, Robinson, Heckathorn & Phillips, P.C., Kalispell, Mont., Thomas J. Knapp, Fort Worth, Tex., for defendant-appellee Burlington Northern R. Co. Mitchell M. Kraus, Transportation-Communications International Union, Rockville, Md., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Montana. Before HUG, FARRIS and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. REINHARDT, Circuit Judge: 1 Appellants brought this hybrid action under the Railway Labor Act ("RLA"), 45 U.S.C. Sec. 151 et seq. (1982) against their employer and their union, alleging that the…