Hugo Black

“ I agree, of course, that the provisions of the Railway Labor Act authorizing railroad workers to revoke their previously executed 'check-off' agreements 'after the expiration of one year' grant workers a right which neither Union, nor Railroad, nor both together, can take away in whole or in part. ”

“ The question we finally have here, therefore, is whether the District Court and the Court of Appeals should be reversed because they refused to use the court's process in a controversy which, in reality, is between two unions over which one's printed form shall be used to revoke an assignment. ”

“ He also had in his possession the B.R.T. form which would have been recognized both by the B.R.T. and the Railroad. Petitioner therefore could have avoided any future deductions, and any possible damage to himself, merely by signing and mailing that form. And he could have recovered the one month's dues, if illegally deducted, by suit against the Railroad.
Equity's extraordinary power to grant injunctive relief to prevent irreparable damage can hardly be sustained by the proof in this case; plainly enough petitioner could not show irreparable damage, and, in fact, did not even allege it. ”