New York State United Teachers v. Thompson

JAMES T. FOLEY, Chief Judge.

MEMORANDUM-DECISION and ORDER

This litigation presents a novel and important question concerning the scope of § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act [29 U.S.C. § 185]. That is, this Court is called upon to determine whether § 301 is the source of substantive law for an employer’s claim for damages against individual employees wherein it is alleged that the latter committed wholly individualized and personal breaches of the terms of an existing collective bargaining agreement between the employer and the employees’ bargaining representative; and which under the…