American Federation of Labor, Railway Employees Dept. vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company - Robert L. Hanson et al. Union Shop Case,
1955

Collection Number: 5366

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

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EAD encoding:
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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
American Federation of Labor, Railway Employees Dept. vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company - Robert L. Hanson et al. Union Shop Case, 1955.
Collection Number:
5366
Creator:
Hanson, Robert American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees Dept. Union Pacific Railroad Company.
Quantity:
.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Briefs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
This was a case testing the union shop provision of the Railway Labor Act in the Nebraska Courts, and appealed in the Supreme Court.

[BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE or ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY]

This was a case testing the union shop provision of the Railway Labor Act in the Nebraska Courts, and appealed in the Supreme Court.
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

This was a case testing the union shop provision of the Railway Labor Act in the Nebraska Courts, and appealed in the Supreme Court.
The collection contains only a few of the briefs submitted to the court, but it includes the Sandsberry-Santa Fe case brief and should be used in that connection.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Hanson, Robert L.
American Federation of Labor. Railway Employees Dept.
Union Pacific Railroad Company.

Subjects:
Open and closed shop -- Nebraska

Form and Genre Terms:
Records

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Cite As:
American Federation of Labor, Railway Employees Dept. vs. Union Pacific Railroad Company - Hanson et al. Union Shop Case, 1955. 5366. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged by document type.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
Inventory of collection
Brief of the Sandsberry Petitioners as Amicus Curiae
Brief of Lafayette A Hooser et al employees discharged under union shop contracts on several railroads
Brief of Robert L. Hanson, et al
Brief for the States as Amicus Curiae
Brief for American Farm Bureau Federation as Amicus Curiae
Brief for Charles L. Bradford et al as Amicus Curiae
Brief of the State of South Carolina as Amicus Curiae
Brief of Lindsay Almond Jr. Attorney General of Virginia, as Amicus Curiae
Brief of the State of Texas as Amicus Curiae
Brief for the National Right To Work Committee as Amicua Curiae
Brief of the National Association of Manufacturers of U.S.A. as Amicus Curiae
Brief for the Chamber of Commerce of the United States as Amicus Curiae
Brief of the State of South Dakota as Amicus Curiae
Brief of the Southern States Industrial Council as Amicus Curiae
Brief for the State of Utah as Amicus Curiae