The Danbury Hatters Decision Constrains Secondary Boycotts
At a glance:
- Series: Great Events from History II: Business and Commerce Series
- Categories: Economics, Law, Legal History, Courts
- Subcategories: Business, Court Cases, Rulings, Appeals, Supreme Court, U.S., Labor, Unions, Work, Employment, Strikes, Boycotts, Lockouts
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950
- Geographical Location: Washington, D.C., New England, Connecticut
- Date: February 3, 1908
Article abstract: The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision subjecting a trade union’s secondary boycott to prosecution under the Sherman Antitrust Act imperiled the existence of all labor unions.
Summary of Event
On February 3, 1908, Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller, a lifelong Democrat and President Grover Cleveland’s appointee to the U.S. Supreme Court, delivered the Court’s unanimous opinion in the case of Loewe v. Lawlor (208 U.S. 274), soon dubbed the Danbury Hatters’ case. Along with all other American labor leaders, Samuel Gompers,...
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