SOUTHERN UNIONS GAS CO. v. R.I. DIV. OF PUBLIC UTIL. AND CARRIERS

No. 02-316-T.

306 F.Supp.2d 129 (2004)

SOUTHERN UNION GAS CO. d/b/a New England Gas Co. v. RHODE ISLAND DIVISION OF PUBLIC UTILITIES AND CARRIERS, et al.

United States District Court, D. Rhode Island.

February 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. James McKay, Michael D. Chittick, Geoffrey W. Millsom, Jeffrey K. Techentin, Adler Pollock & Sheehan, Providence, RI, for plaintiffs.

Paul J. Roberti, Anne T. Turilli, Joseph R. Gaeta, Attorney General's Office, Providence, RI, for RI. Public Utilities Commission, R.I. Division of Public Utilities and Carriers, and Sheldon Whitehouse, in his capacity as Attorney General of the State of RI.

Richard M. Peirce, Adam C. Robitaille, Roberts, Carroll, Feldstein & Peirce, Inc., Dennis J. Roberts, II, Providence, RI, for United Steelworkers of America Local 12431.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

TORRES, Chief Judge.

Introduction

Southern Union Company ("Southern") d/b/a New England Gas Company ("NEG") brought this action for injunctive relief and for a declaratory judgment declaring that Rhode Island's gas technician statute, R.I. Gen. Laws § 39-2-23, is preempted by the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), 29 U.S.C. § 151 et. seq.

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