TRANSIT AUTHORITY, ETC. v. AMAL. TRANSIT UNION


698 S.W.2d 520 (1985)

TRANSIT AUTHORITY OF LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT, Movant/Appellant, v. AMALGAMATED TRANSIT UNION, LOCAL 639, By and Through its President, Kenneth DICKERSON, who brings this action on behalf of himself and all other members of said Union, Movant/Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied November 21, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Houlihan, Donald P. Wagner, Mary Beth Griffith, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, for movant/appellant.

Arthur Brooks, Brooks, Kauffman & Fitzpatrick, Lexington, Joseph J. Pass, Jr., Jubelirer, Pass & Intrieri, P.C., Pittsburg, Pa., for movant/appellee.

David L. Gittleman, Gittleman & Barber, D. Patton Pelfrey, Charles E. Allen, III, Kenneth E. Lauter, Brown, Todd & Heyburn, Louisville, for amicus curiae Transit Authority of River City.

David A. Schneider, Ziegler & Schneider, PSC, Covington, for amicus curiae, Transit Authority of Northern Kentucky.


VANCE, Justice.

The question is whether or not a clause in a collective bargaining agreement entered into between the Transit Authority of Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government and Amalgamated Transit Union, Local 639, which provides for binding interest arbitration is enforceable. Fayette Circuit Court held the contract enforceable and, upon motion, the appeal from the judgment was transferred to this court. We reverse the judgment.

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