51.   Harrington has said previously that owners will declare an impasse and impose a salary cap unless an agreement is reached by then.

52.   He said the union could have asked for a fact-finder or declared an impasse and asked for an arbitrator when negotiations soured.

53.   If the parties cannot compromise, the judge will declare an impasse, discharge the mediator and begin a trial.

54.   If Riccio declares an impasse, the case would return to U.S. District Judge Neal McCurn.

55.   If Sotomayor grants the request, owners could declare an impasse and unilaterally impose new work rules.

56.   In a document made public Friday, Riccio had recommended to McCurn that an impasse be declared.

57.   In December, the owners declared an impasse in negotiations and uniterally imposed their own work rules.

58.   Mediator Ron Riccio, a Seton Hall law professor, asked the judge in April to declare an impasse.

59.   She also required them to seek court permission before declaring an impasse in negotiations.

60.   Sotomayor ruled the owners bargained in bad faith and were wrong to declare an impasse in negotiations, thus allowing them to impose their own work rules.