45 U.S.C. § 2
[Arbitration board]. There is hereby established an arbitration board to consist of seven members. The representatives of the carrier and organization parties to the aforesaid dispute are hereby directed, respectively, within five days after the enactment hereof [Aug. 28, 1963 ] each to name two persons to serve as members of such arbitration board. The four members thus chosen shall select three additional members. The seven members shall then elect a chairman. If the members chosen by the parties shall fail to name one or more of the additional three members within ten days, such additional members shall be named by the President. If either party fails to name a member or members to the arbitration board within the five days provided, the President shall name such member or members in lieu of such party and shall also name the additional three members necessary to constitute a board of seven members, all within ten days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution [Aug. 28, 1963 ]. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the National Mediation Board is authorized and directed: (1) to compensate the arbitrators not named by the parties at a rate not in excess of $100 for each day together with necessary travel and subsistence expenses, and (2) to provide such services and facilities as may be necessary and appropriate in carrying out the purposes of this joint resolution.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 128
cases, 1927–2015 · leading case: O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & E. Ry. Co., 338 U.S. 384 (1949).
O'Donnell v. Elgin, Joliet & E. Ry. Co., 338 U.S. 384 (1949). “The complaint mingled in a single count or cause of action charges of general negligence and a specific charge that defendant "carelessly and negligently" violated the Safety Appliance Act, 45 U. S. C. § 2 , by operating a car not equipped with the prescribed coupler.”
Crane v. Cedar Rapids & Iowa City Ry. Co., 395 U.S. 164 (1969). “531 , 45 U. S. C. § 2 . [1] Petitioner was in the employ of Cargill, Inc.”
Urie v. Thompson, 337 U.S. 163 (1949). “In requiring that the boiler, and, not long after, that the entire locomotive, be maintained "in proper condition and safe to operate," Congress by its own statement was attempting to insure that such equipment "be employed in . . . active service .”
Baltimore & Ohio Ry. Co. v. Jackson, 353 U.S. 325 (1957). “531 , 45 U. S. C. § 2 . This section, as well as the detailed provisions of § 5 dealing with the prescribed height of drawbars on couplers, could not be applicable to cars of little more than a yard's height easily coupled by hand without danger to anyone.”
Enrique Maldonado v. Missouri Pac. Ry. Co., 798 F.2d 764 (5th Cir. 1986). “GARWOOD, Circuit Judge: Defendant Missouri Pacific Railroad Company appeals from a judgment in favor of its employee, plaintiff Enrique Maldonado, who sued Missouri Pacific under the Federal Safety Appliance Act (FSAA), 45 U.S.C. § 2 , for injuries he sustained in attempting to…”
McGee v. Burlington N., Inc., 571 P.2d 784 (Mont. 1977). “During the course of trial, plaintiff attempted to show that the automatic coupler mechanism between the boxcar and the chip car was defective, in that it would not remain uncoupled during normal switching operations.”
Louisiana & Arkansas Ry. Co. v. Blakely, 773 S.W.2d 595 (Tex. App. 1989). “The trial court allowed Blakely to amend his pleadings before trial to add a cause of action under 45 U.S.C.A. § 2 (West Supp.1989), the Safety Appliance Act.”
Ry. Labor Executives Ass'n v. Boston & Maine Corp., 639 F. Supp. 1092 (D. Me. 1986). “of a position held by any said employee, except upon authorization by further Order of this Court; and (c) Said carrier and its officers, agents, servants, employees, and all others acting in concert therewith shall CEASE AND DESIST from any and all violation of the collective…”
Darrel Coleman v. Burlington N., Inc., a Delaware Corp., 681 F.2d 542 (8th Cir. 1982). “, and was predicated on a statutory violation of section 2 of the Federal Safety Appliance Act, 45 U.S.C. § 2 . The trial was before a jury, and a general verdict for the railroad was returned.”
Walter F. Lisek v. Norfolk & W. Ry. Co., 30 F.3d 823 (7th Cir. 1994). “After being injured while performing his duties as a switchman for Norfolk and Western Railway Company (“N & W”), Walter Lisek sued the company under the Federal Safety Appliance Act (“FSAA”), 45 U.S.C. §§ 2 -43a, and the Federal Employers Liability Act (“FELA”), 45 U.”
Affolder v. New York, Chicago & St. Louis R.R., 339 U.S. 96 (1950). “531 , 45 U. S. C. § 2 . [2] 35 Stat. 65 , as amended, 45 U.”
Carter v. Atlanta & St. Andrews Bay Ry. Co., 338 U.S. 430 (1950). “531 , 45 U. S. C. § 2 . [2] 35 Stat. 65 , as amended, 45 U.”
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