Legal Opinion
Signal-Stat Corporation, Plaintiff-Respondent v. Local 475, United Electrical, Radio and MacHine Workers of America (Ue)
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 2, 1956No. 19-3565PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
1. An initial question is whether the district court has jurisdiction over the plaintiff’s action for damages under Section 301(a) of the Taft-Hartley Act, 29 U.S.C.A. § 185(a). This is not the type of action, involving the “uniquely personal right of an employee”, which, according to Association of Westinghouse Salaried Employees v. Westinghouse Electric Corp., 348 U.S. 437, 75 S. Ct. 489, 501, 99 L.Ed. 510, was not intended by Congress to be brought under Section 301. The Court in Westinghouse did not, therefore, reach or decide the constitutional-jurisdictional…
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