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The Law Of The Collective Agreement, Charles O. Gregory
The Law Of The Collective Agreement, Charles O. Gregory
Michigan Law Review
The Wagner Act contained no law governing collective agreements. Congress left their enforcement to the state and federal courts under the miserable body of common-law rules. Under various theories the courts worried about consideration, mutuality of obligation, duress and public policy aspects as if they were dealing with conventional contracts.
Constitutional Law - Certiorari - Integrity Of The Rule Of Four, Robert L. Knauss S.Ed.
Constitutional Law - Certiorari - Integrity Of The Rule Of Four, Robert L. Knauss S.Ed.
Michigan Law Review
In four recent cases involving the Federal Employers Liability Act the Supreme Court of the United States, after granting certiorari, reviewed the facts of the cases to determine if there was sufficient evidence to allow the cases to be heard by a jury. Justice Frankfurter in a lengthy dissenting opinion refused to hear these cases on their merits. He would have dismissed them on the ground that certiorari was improvidently granted, although no new evidence warranted this conclusion. Justice Frankfurter maintained that any justice has a right to refuse to hear a case after certiorari has been granted, and that …