Legal Opinion
United Transportation Union v. Long Island Rail Road Company and Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided September 15, 1980No. 1120, Docket 80-7199PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWEET, District Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether employees of the Long Island Rail
Road Company (the “LIRR”) are subject to the provision in New York’s Taylor Law, N.Y.Civ.Serv.Law §§ 200-214 (the “Taylor Law”), prohibiting strikes by public employees, 1 or the provision in the Railway Labor Act, 45 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq. (the “RLA”), allowing for such self help. 2 Resolution of this question presents the difficult and vexing task of determining the line which separates state and federal power in the penumbra where both state and federal legislation have been enacted. Since in…
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3Cited by33 opinions
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