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Labor Law - Secondary Picketing - Unity Of Interest Between Manufacturer And Retailer, Michigan Law Review
Labor Law - Secondary Picketing - Unity Of Interest Between Manufacturer And Retailer, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A manufacturer of burglar alarm systems installed one in complainant's retail haberdashery store, and entered into an agreement, renewable annually, for maintenance of the apparatus. In furtherance of a strike against the manufacturer of the alarm, defendant union representatives picketed complainant's store in a peaceful and orderly manner, carrying signs which read, "Maintenance of Burglar Alarm in this store unfair to Local No. 3." Defendants were convicted of disorderly conduct tending to a breach of the peace under the New York Penal Code. Held, on appeal from reversal of such convictions by the court of special sessions, reversal affirmed. …
Labor Law -- Injunctions -- Permissible Objects Of Strikes -- Prevention Of Use Of Labor-Saving Devices, Reed T. Phalan
Labor Law -- Injunctions -- Permissible Objects Of Strikes -- Prevention Of Use Of Labor-Saving Devices, Reed T. Phalan
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a travelling grand opera troupe, used recordings for orchestral accompaniment. The American Federation of Musicians opposed use of mechanically reproduced music wherever orchestras could be hired, and, in support of such opposition, the stagehands' union forbade its members to work for plaintiff. As a result, since most of the theaters throughout the country were "closed shop" theaters, plaintiff's business was greatly restricted: Plaintiff brought an action for an injunction against the musician's union and the stagehands' union, and the lower court granted the injunction. Held, in a three-two decision, the stagehands' union had sufficient direct interest to act …
Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Jurisdiction Of The National Labor Relations Board, John C. Griffin
Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Jurisdiction Of The National Labor Relations Board, John C. Griffin
Michigan Law Review
Respondent, employing about sixty persons, was the sole owner of a garment-tailoring concern in New Jersey. His only business was with the Lee Company, a New York firm, that sold finished goods. There was no financial affiliation between them. The Lee Company purchased the cloth and caused it to be delivered to respondent. Respondent tailored it and delivered the finished product to a representative of the Lee Company at respondent's plant. This representative sent it back to New York in Lee Company trucks. Title to the cloth remained throughout in the Lee Company. Held, Justices McReynolds and Butler dissenting, …
Master And Servant - Liability For Torts Of Servant - Scope Of Employment, Robert E. Sipes
Master And Servant - Liability For Torts Of Servant - Scope Of Employment, Robert E. Sipes
Michigan Law Review
Defendant corporation was an owner and operator of taxicabs. One of its cabs was hailed by another taxicab driver to pursue the latter's taxicab which had just been stolen from him. During the pursuit defendant's taxicab struck plaintiff's car. Plaintiff seeks to recover from defendant for the damage to his car. Held, the driver of the cab was not acting in the scope of his employment so defendant cannot be held. Bindert v. Elmhurst Taxi Corp., (N. Y. Mun. Ct. 1938) 6 N. Y. S. (2d) 666.
Injunctions - Labor Unions - Enforcement Of Employer's Closed Shop Agreement, Michigan Law Review
Injunctions - Labor Unions - Enforcement Of Employer's Closed Shop Agreement, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff unions entered into an agreement with the defendants by the terms of which the defendants were to employ union men, all of whom were to be furnished by the Bricklayers Central Employment Bureau at certain wages and for certain hours. Contrary to the agreement, the defendants employed nonunion men of their own selection and at lower wages and for longer hours than provided by the agreement. Plaintiff sought an injunction pendente lite on behalf of the unions to restrain defendants from disregarding the terms of the agreement. Held, motion for injunction pendente lite granted. Murphy v. Ralph, …
Constitutional Law - Minimum Wage Decision - Future Of Legislation By States
Constitutional Law - Minimum Wage Decision - Future Of Legislation By States
Michigan Law Review
The shadow of a thirteen-year old decision which many had hoped was laid forever again fell upon the field of minimum wage legislation as the Supreme Court invalidated the New York minimum wage law for women. With this holding, which came as a surprise to many, the issue of the constitutionality of minimum wage legislation was again thrust into the limelight, and with the two great political parties wrestling with the problem of party programs, the decision may have political repercussions, of a force as yet incalculable. Before considering the future of minimum wage legislation, let us take a brief …
National Industrial Recovery Act - President's Re-Employment Agreement - Injunction By Labor Union
National Industrial Recovery Act - President's Re-Employment Agreement - Injunction By Labor Union
Michigan Law Review
Plaintiff, a Wisconsin labor union, was granted a temporary injunction restraining defendant shoe company, a party to the President's Re-employment Agreement, from "further interference with the right of its employes to organize into unions of their own free will and choice" and from "interfering with . . . the freedom of its employes in the designation of representatives of their own choice for the purpose of bargaining collectively" with the company. The court decided that defendant had violated its agreement with the President to comply with section 7 (a) of the National Industrial Recovery Act. This last was based on …