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LOCAL DIV. 1285, ETC. v. JACKSON TRANSIT AUTH.

No. 78-1185.

650 F.2d 1379 (1981)

LOCAL DIVISION 1285, AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, AFL/CIO/CLC, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON TRANSIT AUTHORITY and the City of Jackson; William T. Coleman, Jr. and William J. Usery, in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided June 3, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda R. Hirschman, Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, Chicago, Ill., Maurice Wexler, Heiskell, Donelson, Adams, Williams & Kirsch, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiff-appellant.

W. J. Michael Cody, U. S. Atty., Robert M. Williams, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Memphis, Tenn., Sidney Spragins, Spragins & Murchinson, Jackson, Tenn., Joseph S. Kaufman, Melnicove, Kaufman & Weiner, Baltimore, Md., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT, KENNEDY and BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judges.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This appeal requires us to decide whether Section 13(c) of the Urban Mass Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq., ("UMTA"), creates a private federal cause of action for employees of local transit authorities which have received federal funds under the Act. We must also determine whether either the Secretary of Labor or the Secretary of Transportation has a statutory duty to enforce the terms of a "labor protective...

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