Commonwealth v. Hunt
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History: North American Series
- Categories: Economics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Labor, Unions, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: American History 1816-1855
- Geographical Location: New England, Boston
- Date: 1842
Article abstract: A legal foundation is laid for the rights of workers to organize and strike.
Summary of Event
Although its impact was not felt for almost three-quarters of a century, the case of Commonwealth v. Hunt, decided by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in 1842, was a major event in the evolution of the legal status of organized labor. The case dealt with one of the more difficult problems encountered in Anglo-American law: the definition and treatment of combinations of employers or employees (or both) engaged in the restraint...
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