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Most, that is, except Attorney George Weinstein, 33. Convinced that the "law is clear and should be en forced," Weinstein went into New York Supreme Court as a "taxpayer and voter" to ask for an injunction barring the Transit Authority from giving the transit workers their illegal raise...
Craven Servility. For a change, the Authority and the Transport Workers Union found themselves on the same side of an argument. They sought dis missal of Weinstein's suit on the ground that as a "private citizen without special or peculiar interest," he lacked "standing"; they claimed that the law was "unworkable" and the strike could not have been settled without granting the workers a raise...
Judge Irving H. Saypol was not impressed. In a blistering and verbose 19-page ruling (with three long appendixes) that cited such diverse sources as William Pitt the Elder and Saypol himself, the judge said that Weinstein's complaint must be answered. But he seemed to chafe under the need to wait the required ten days. "The case for relief for petitioner," said Judge Saypol, "is clear...
Before he was finished, he had harsh words for everyone. Not only did he denounce the Transit Authority and the union, but he also accused the city's corporation counsel of "fuzzy" thinking. Then he administered a mild verbal spanking to Attorney Weinstein as well for submitting what he regarded as an "inartistic" brief, which "leaves much to be desired...
Defense Lawyer Richard Weinstein exploded: "These people have been exposed to extraordinary destruction of their lives." It was "unconscionable," he said, "to leave them to the tender mercies of the Darien police department and now come into court and say we have no evidence against them...