Legal Opinion
Railway Labor Executives' Ass'n v. Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corp.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 16, 1988No. 86 Civ. 5308 (RLC), 86 Civ. 6066 (RLC)PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ROBERT L. CARTER, District Judge:
In these cases, the Railway Labor Executives’ Association and a number of the unions which make up its membership seek to enjoin certain employee drug-screening procedures which have been put in place unilaterally by the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (“PATH”) and Metro-North Commuter Railroad Company (“Metro-North”). Plaintiffs assert entitlement to summary judgment on the basis of the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151-188, the fourth amendment to the United States Constitution, and the doctrine of pre-emption. PATH, but not Metro-North, has…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Detroit & Toledo Shore Line Railroad v. United Transportation UnionSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- West v. ConrailSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Order of Railroad Telegraphers v. Chicago & North Western Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Local 553, Transport Workers Union of America, Afl-Cio v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
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