Beck v. FMC Corporation
| Decision Date | 04 October 1977 |
| Parties | , 369 N.E.2d 10 Richard W. BECK, Jr. et al., etc., Locals 774, etc., I.U.U.A.A.A.I.W.A., Appellants, v. FMC CORPORATION, and Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Respondents. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Order affirmed, with costs, on the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division (53 A.D.2d 118, 385 N.Y.S.2d 956; see also Pulka v. Edelman, 40 N.Y.2d 781, 390 N.Y.S.2d 393, 358 N.E.2d 1019).
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