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Labor Law - National Labor Relations Act - Power Of State Court To Levy On Employer's Obligation Under Back Pay Order - Power Of Federal Court To Enjoin State Proceedings, Andrew J. Sawyer, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

A decree of the federal circuit court had been issued enforcing an order of the National Labor Relations Board requiring respondent company to pay back wages to certain employees who had been discharged in violation of the National Labor Relations Act. While the sums payable under the award were still unliquidated, creditors and estranged wives of the employees brought suits in state courts on claims against the employees; and writs of attachment, process of garnishment and injunctive orders were issued by the state courts against respondent requiring it to pay portions of the awards to the creditors rather than the …