Legal Opinion
Boston Teachers Union, Local 66 v. Edgar
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 27, 1986No. Nos. 85-1589, 85-1632PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
The Boston Teachers Union, Local 66, AFT, AFD-CIO (the “Union”), brought an action against the Boston School Committee and the Commissioners of the Massachusetts Labor Relations Commission seeking a declaration that the provisions of Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 150E, § 9A (1984), which prohibits public employees and their unions from inducing, encouraging, or condoning a strike, violate the first amendment. Finding there was no longer a “live” controversy between the parties, the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts dismissed the Union’s…
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