Legal Opinion
Jackson Transit Authority v. Local Division 1285, Amalgamated Transit Union
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 7, 1982No. 81-411PublishedCited by 176 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blackmun
Under § 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 (Act or UMTA), 78 Stat. 307, as amended, 49 U. S. C. § 1609(c),1 a state or local government must make arrangements to preserve transit workers’ existing collective-bargaining rights before that government may receive federal financial assistance for the acquisition of a privately owned transit company. This case presents the issue whether § 13(c) by itself permits a union to sue in federal court for alleged violations of an arrangement of this kind or of the collective-bargaining agreement between the union and the local government…
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