UNITED TRANSPORTATION UNION
v.
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD CO. ET AL.
Supreme Court of United States.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued January 20, 1982
Decided March 24, 1982
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward D. Friedman argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Robert Hart and Harold A. Ross.
Lewis B. Kaden argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Mary P. Bass and Thomas M. Taranto.
Joshua I. Schwartz argued the cause for the United States as amicus curiae urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Lee, Deputy Solicitor General Geller, T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Lois G. Williams, Joseph Woodward, and Ronald M. Etters.*
Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance were filed by William T. Coleman, Jr., Donald T. Bliss, and Zoe E. Baird for the American Public Transit Association; by Henry W. Underhill, Jr., Benjamin L. Brown, John Dekker, James B. Brennan, George Agnost, Roger F. Cutler, Lee E. Holt, George F. Knox, Jr., Walter M. Powell, Allen G. Schwartz, J. Lamar Shelley, John W. Witt, Max P. Zall, Conard B. Mattox, Jr., and Charles S. Rhyne for the National Institute of Municipal Law Officers; and by Ross D. Davis for the National League of Cities.
Martin L. Barr, Jerome Thier, and Anthony Cagliostro filed a brief for the New York State Public Employment Relations Board as amicus curiae.
Supreme Court of United States.
CHIEF JUSTICE BURGER delivered the opinion of the Court.
We granted certiorari to decide whether the Tenth Amendment prohibits application of the Railway Labor Act to a state-owned railroad engaged in interstate commerce.
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The Long Island Rail Road (the Railroad), incorporated in 1834, provides both freight and passenger service to Long Island.1 In 1966, after 132 years of private...
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