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United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956)
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General SummaryThis case is from a collection containing the full text of over 16,000 Supreme Court cases from 1793 to the present. The body of Supreme Court decisions are, effectively, the final interpretation of the Constitution. Only an amendment to the Constitution can permanently overturn an interpretation and this has happened only four times in American history.
United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956)
United States v. Green No. 54 Argued February 27, 1956 Decided March 26, 1956 350 U.S. 415
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
Syllabus
Obstruction of interstate commerce or an attempt to do so through the wrongful use by a labor union or its agents of actual or threatened force, violence or fear, in an attempt to compel an employer to pay "wages" to members of the union for imposed, unwanted, superfluous, and fictitious "services," is a violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951. Pp. 416-421.
(a) The coverage of 18 U.S.C. § 1951 is not confined to attempts to obtain money or other property for the extortioner’s personal advantage; it applies also to attempts by a union or its agents to get jobs and pay for its members by threats and violence. Pp. 418-420.
(b) The legislative history of the Act shows that it was intended to cover the employer-employee relationship. Pp. 418-419.
(c) A different result is not required by the provision of Title II of the Hobbs Act that it should not affect the Clayton Act, the Norris-LaGuardia Act, the Railway Labor Act, or the National Labor Relations Act, since there is nothing in those Acts indicating any protection for unions or their officials in attempts to get personal property through threats of force or violence. Pp. 419-420.
(d) Since this legislation is directed at the protection of interstate commerce against injury from extortion, it is within the power of Congress. Pp. 420-421.
135 F. Supp. 162, reversed.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956) in 350 U.S. 415 350 U.S. 416. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YU7D4I14DAJLVIE.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956), in 350 U.S. 415, page 350 U.S. 416. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YU7D4I14DAJLVIE.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Green, 350 U.S. 415 (1956). cited in 1956, 350 U.S. 415, pp.350 U.S. 416. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=YU7D4I14DAJLVIE.
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