Legal Opinion
Metropolitan Life Insurance v. New York State Labor Relations Board
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 11, 1939PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLoughran, J.
The questions for decision go to the scope and validity of the New York State Labor Relations Act (Laws of 1937, ch. 443).
The act was added to the Labor Law (Cons. Laws, ch. 31) as article 20, sections 700-716. Section 700 is captioned “ Findings and policy.” It reads as follows:
“ Under prevailing economic conditions individual employees do not possess full freedom of association or actual liberty of contract. Employers in many instances organized in corporate or other forms of ownership associations with the aid of government authority have superior economic power in bargaining with…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Railroad Retirement Board v. Alton RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Darweger v. StaatsNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Central Savings Bank v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
3Cited by33 opinions
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- Railway Mail Assn. v. CorsiNew York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Bank of Yorktown v. BolandNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
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