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Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962)
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Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962)
Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson No. 434 Argued April 18, 1962 Decided June 18, 1962 370 U.S. 195
CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT
Syllabus
This suit under § 301 (a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, was brought by an employer to enjoin work stoppages, strikes, peaceful picketing and similar activities by labor unions and their officers and members, allegedly in violation of a collective bargaining agreement containing a no-strike clause and providing a grievance procedure culminating in compulsory, final and binding arbitration of "any difference regarding wages, hours or working conditions."
Held: such an injunction was barred by §4 of the Norris-LaGuardia Act, which, with exceptions not here material, bars federal courts from issuing injunctions "in any case involving or growing out of any labor dispute." Pp. 196-215.
(a) This case involved a "labor dispute" within the meaning of the Norris-LaGuardia Act -- even if the alleged work stoppages and strikes constituted breaches of a collective bargaining agreement. Pp. 199-203.
(b) The subsequent enactment of § 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, authorizing suits in federal courts "for violation of contracts between an employer and a labor organization" has not so narrowed the provisions of § 4 of the Norris-LaGuardia Act as to permit the injunctions originally proscribed thereby when such injunctions are sought as remedies for breaches of a collective bargaining agreement. Pp. 203-210.
(c) Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Chicago R. & I. R. Co., 353 U.S. 30; Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills, 353 U.S. 448; United Steelworkers v. American Mfg. Co., 363 U.S. 564; United Steelworkers v. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Co., 363 U.S. 574, and United Steelworkers v. Enterprise Wheel & Car Corp., 363 U.S. 593, distinguished. Pp. 210-213.
(d) Section 301 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947, presents no real conflict with the anti-injunction provisions of the Norris-LaGuardia Act. Pp. 213-215.
290 F.2d 312 affirmed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962) in 370 U.S. 195 370 U.S. 196. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PNBUCNJWVAZUCWC.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962), in 370 U.S. 195, page 370 U.S. 196. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PNBUCNJWVAZUCWC.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Sinclair Refining Co. v. Atkinson, 370 U.S. 195 (1962). cited in 1962, 370 U.S. 195, pp.370 U.S. 196. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=PNBUCNJWVAZUCWC.
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