Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority v. Quill

This is a motion by Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority for a preliminary injunction directed against Transport Workers Union of America, Local 100 of said union, and named officers of these union organizations, to enjoin them from carrying on, continuing or lending support to any strike of plaintiff’s employees and for a direction that they shall forthwith instruct all their union members not to engage or participate in any such strike.

The City of New York acquired certain omnibus facilities from Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. and Surface Transit, Inc. In 1962 the city…