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Employment Contracts - Restrictive Covenants, Joseph B. Green

Duquesne Law Review

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has held, in a case of first impression, that a restrictive covenant limiting an employee from practicing optometry within a radius of six miles from the office of his employer for a period of three years from the termination of his employment would not be enforced by an injunction where the three-year period had long since expired and the employer had sold his practice.

Hayes v. Altman, 438 Pa. 451, 266 A.2d 269 (1970).

Dr. Theodore L. Altman, an optometrist, went to work under a written agreement, as an assistant to Dr. Thomas A. Hayes, …

Labor Law - Federal Courts - Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 - Suits Under § 301(A) To Enjoin Strikes In Breach Of A No-Strike Agreement, Richard I. Thomas

Duquesne Law Review

The Supreme Court of the United States has held that a federal court may enjoin a strike which violates the no-strike provision of a collective bargaining agreement if that agreement contains a mandatory grievance-arbitration procedure.

Boys Markets, Inc. v. Retail Clerks Union, Local 770, 398 U.S. 235 (1970).

In the Boys Market case, the Supreme Court of the United States once again considered the effect of § 4 of the Norris-LaGuardia Act on an action brought in federal court under § 301(a) of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 to enjoin a strike which violates the no-strike clause of …

Labor Law - Decertification - Union Discipline, Leonard Zapler

Duquesne Law Review

The National Labor Relations Board has held that the union commits an unfair labor practice under Section 8(b)(1)(A) of National Labor Relations Act when it fines a member who is attempting to institute decertification proceedings against it, because the fine is not only a punitive measure which inhibits access by the member to the processes of the Board but is also an ineffective deterrent to decertification.

International Molders and Allied Workers Union, Local 125, AFL-CIO (Blackhawk Tanning Co., Inc.). 178 N.L.R.B. No. 25, 72 L.R.R.M. 1049 (1969).

Enforcement Of Equal Employment Opportunity Under The Civil Rights Act: How About Cease And Desist Powers?, Elmer S. Beatty

Duquesne Law Review

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