Legal Opinion
Mount St. Mary's Hospital v. Catherwood
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 14, 1970PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBreitel, J.
At issue is the constitutionality of section 716 of the Labor Law, providing among other things for the compulsory arbitration of disputes in labor contract negotiations with private voluntary or nonprofitmaking hospitals. Mount St. Mary’s Hospital, such a hospital in dispute with a labor union, brought this action for a declaratory judgment to invalidate the compulsory arbitration features of the statute. It appeals as of right on constitutional grounds from adverse decisions sustaining the statute (CPLR 5601, subd. [b]).
Section 716 (L. 1963, ch. 515, § 5, as amd. by L. 1969, ch. 526, §§…
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