Legal Opinion
Division 1287, Amalgamated Association of Street, Employees of America v. Dalton
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided June 22, 1962No. 784PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BECKER, District Judge.
This is a suit brought by a mass transit employees’ union for a restraining order, injunction and declaratory judgment against officials of the State of Missouri, involving the validity of Missouri’s Public Utility Seizure and Anti-Strike Law. This law, known as the King-Thompson Act, authorizes the Governor of Missouri to seize and operate a public utility affected by a work stoppage when, in his opinion, the public interest, health and welfare are jeopardized.
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