Legal Opinion
Transport Workers Union v. New York City Transit Authority
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 12, 2004No. 02 Civ. 7659(SAS)PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.
This case requires the Court to find a balance between conflicting and compelling interests. On one side of the scales is the interest of the New York City Transit Authority, and the public at large, in the safe and efficient operation of New York’s public transport. On the other side are the protected privacy interests of tens of thousands of the Transit Authority’s employees, represented here by the plaintiff unions.
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