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Federated Amalgamated Government Railway & Tramway Service Association v NSW Railway Traffic Employees Association (Railway Servants' Case)

[1906] HCA 94; (1906) 4 CLR 488

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1906

StatusOverruled

Key Principle

Applying implied intergovernmental immunities, employees of State railways could not be drawn into a federal interstate industrial dispute under the Commonwealth conciliation and arbitration power.

Area of Law

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