Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority v. Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided November 9, 1989PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNolan, J.
The plaintiff, Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA), brought this action in the Superior *37Court in Suffolk County against the defendant, Local 589 Amalgamated Transit Union-(union). The MBTA sought to vacate an arbitrator’s award under G. L. c. 150C, § 11 (3) (1988 ed.), asserting that the arbitrator exceeded his power in granting the award. The union counterclaimed seeking to enforce the arbitrator’s award. The union also sought monetary damages and injunctive relief under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 (1982), against the MBTA on behalf of certain of its individual members,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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- Local 589, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- WATERTOWN FIREFIGHTERS, L. 1347, IAFF v. WatertownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- Commonwealth v. PaascheMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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