DIVISION 1287, AMAL. ASS'N OF ST., ELEC. RY., ETC., EMP. v. DALTON

No. 784.

206 F.Supp. 629 (1962)

DIVISION 1287, AMALGAMATED ASSOCIATION OF STREET, ELECTRIC RAILWAY AND MOTOR COACH EMPLOYEES OF AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff, v. John M. DALTON, Governor of the State of Missouri, State of Missouri Board of Mediation, Daniel C. Rogers, Individually and as Chairman of the State of Missouri Board of Mediation, Charles Bibbs, Individually and as Member of the State of Missouri Board of Mediation, Albert Fults, Individually and as Member of the State of Missouri Board of Mediation, J. Raymond Lambright, Individually and as Member of the State of Missouri Board of Mediation, and Truman Henry, Individually and as Member of the State of Missouri Board of Mediation, Defendants.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, Central Division.

June 22, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Manning and Robert S. Fousek, Kansas City, Mo., Bernard Cushman, Bernard Dunau, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff.

Thomas F. Eagleton, Atty. Gen., by J. Gordon Siddens, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for defendant.

Before RIDGE, Circuit Judge, and DUNCAN and BECKER, District Judges.


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...

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