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Abstracts Of Recent Cases, Aaron David Trub

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Labor Law-Fair Labor Standards Act-- Coverage Of Construction Workers, David G. Davies

Michigan Law Review

Respondent construction firm was engaged in building a dam, the sole purpose of which was to enlarge a reservoir that supplied water to the city of Corpus Christi, Texas. Industrial producers of goods for interstate commerce and operators of instrumentalities of interstate commerce consumed nearly half of the water supplied by the city's system. The Secretary of Labor sought an injunction against violations of the overtime provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act The district court granted the injunction; the court of appeals reversed, relying primarily upon the "new construction" doctrine. On certiorari to the United States Supreme Court, held …

Taxation-Federal Income Tax-Strike Benefits May Be Gifts, Christopher Cobb

Michigan Law Review

Taxpayer received assistance from a labor union while he was participating in a strike called by the union. The area in which he lived had become a distressed area as a consequence of the strike, and the union had established a general program of aid for strikers with no other source of income. Both before and after he joined the union payments were made to taxpayer under this program. Taxpayer sued for a refund of the income tax he payed on the value of the assistance so received, and the jury returned a verdict in his favor, finding the payments …

Rights And Remedies Of Union Members; Federal Law Or State Law?, Joyce M. Thomas

Washington Law Review

Since the passage of the labor reform legislation of 1959, a member of a labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce has certain federally-recognized rights in addition to his rights under state law. In many instances he may have a choice between a state and a federal forum when he seeks a remedy against his union. In this Comment, the federal rights and remedies and the existing Washington law will be examined in broad summary form1 in order to evaluate the factors influencing the choice of forum.

Unemployment Compensation - Labor Dispute Disqualification - Workers Unemployed By A Mult-Employer Lockout, James B. Blanchard S.Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Two unions of restaurant employees voted to strike the local restaurant industry in order to obtain a more favorable master contract with a restaurant owners' association. The unions executed this program by strategically calling strikes on only a few key restaurants. The association retaliated by notifying its members to lay off their employees in accordance with its previously announced policy to consider a called strike against one member a called strike against all members. The California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board held that the union employees laid off in response to the association's notice were "voluntarily'' out of work and therefore …

Labor Law—Federal Preemption Of State Jurisdiction In Labor Cases, Buffalo Law Review

Buffalo Law Review

Dooley v. Anton, 8 N.Y.2d 91, 202 N.YS.2d 273 (1960).

Labor Law And Workmen's Compensation -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, Paul H. Sanders, J. Gilmer Bowman, Jr.

Vanderbilt Law Review

Labor law is concerned with the rules governing the various phases of the employment relation and the activities of employers and labor organizations vis-a-vis such phases. Sometimes such rules are embodied in criminal law or tort law. If the substance of the alleged crime or tort is not directed toward or used in some respects as a regulation of employment or labor relations, it is excluded by the above definition even though some "labor" aspect is prominently identified with the case. For example, during the survey period the Supreme Court of Tennessee decided the case of Smith v. State, affirming …

Contracts -- 1960 Tennessee Survey, Paul J. Hartman

Vanderbilt Law Review

During the period covered by this survey, the Tennessee courts have had occasion to decide some rather basic questions in the law of contracts. These cases are the subject of comment. Other cases involving only questions of burden of proof regarding contracts questions have not be commented on.

Pension Funds And Economic Power, By Paul P. Harbrecht, Robert J. Lynn

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Labor Law, Denny E. Anderson

Washington Law Review

Covers cases on the jurisdictional conflict between state courts and the National Labor Relations Board.

The Six Carrier Mutual Aid Pact

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Recent Cases, Law Review Staff

Vanderbilt Law Review

Recent Cases:

CONTRACTS--CONFLICT OF INTERESTS--GOVERNMENT EXPERT'S PRINCIPAL EMPLOYMENT INSUFFICIENT TO VOID CONTRACT ON GROUNDS OF PUBLIC POLICY

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CRIMINAL LAW-ATTEMPT-CONVICTION OF ATTEMPT TO RECEIVE PROPERTY NOT IN FACT STOLEN

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DOMESTIC RELATIONS-UNIFORM RECIPROCAL ENFORCEMENT OF SUPPORT ACT--RELIEF FROM-EXTRADITION UPON PETITION OF THE OBLIGOR

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EVIDENCE-ADMISSIONS--GUILTY PLEA TO TRAFFIC LAW VIOLATION INADMISSIBLE IN SUBSEQUENT CIVIL SUIT

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FEDERAL JURISDICTION AND PROCEDURE--DIVERSITY JURISDICTION--ABSTENTION BY FEDERAL COURT FROM THE EXERCISE OF JURISDICTION IN DIVERSITY CASE

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LABOR LAW--LABOR--MANAGEMENT RELATIONS ACT-STATE COURT PRE-EMPTED FROM ENFORCING GRIEVANCE PROCEDURES OF COLLECTIVE BARGAINING AGREEMENT

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PROFESSION OF LAW--BAR ASSOCIATION MAY NOT DISCIPLINE AN ATTORNEY FOR CONDUCT AS …

Labor Law--Unprotected Activities As Affecting Requirements Of Union's Duty To Bargain, C. H. H. Ii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Labor Law - Collective Bargaining - Union's Unprotected Harassing Activites As A Refusal To Bargain In Good Faith, William Y. Webb

Michigan Law Review

While bargaining for a new contract, the union announced that it would engage in a "work-without-contract" program designed to harass the insurance company employer into accepting its demands, in the event that no agreement was reached prior to the expiration of the existing contract. When that contingency occurred, the program was instituted consisting of such activities as refusing to write new business for a period, refusing to do customary duties, engaging in "sit-in mornings," soliciting policyholder support against the company, and mass demonstrations at the company's home office. The union continued to attend bargaining sessions, but it informed its members …

Unemployment Compensation - Labor Dispute Disqualification - Public Policy And The "Establishment", William G. Thursby

Michigan Law Review

Claimants brought suit for unemployment compensation allegedly due them for a period of temporary unemployment. Their employer manufactured spark plugs which were assembled at its Ohio plant using component parts made at its Michigan plant some 50 or 60 miles distant. The parts were transported daily by truck to the Ohio plant, and the Michigan plant was under the direct supervision of the Ohio plant. When a labor dispute occurred at the Michigan plant, lack of parts forced the lay-off of claimants at the Ohio plant. Upon termination of the labor dispute and a resumption of production the claimants resumed …

Labor Law--Injunctions Of Strikes Affecting National Health And Safety, C. H. H. Ii

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.

Protecting The Public Interest In Labor Disputes, Frank E. Cooper

Michigan Law Review

There exists general agreement that an effective means must be found, in the public interest, to curb strikes in basic industries that imperil the national health or safety. This principle, indeed, has been a part of our basic law for more than a decade. The trouble has been that the limited means provided to meet this need fail to give effective expression to the public interest. The only significant remedy is that which the steel strike has made so well known: an 80-day injunction followed by an election in which the employees may indicate for publicity purposes whether they wish …

Labor Law - Fair Labor Standards Act - Recovery In Suit By Secretary Of Labor Of Wages Lost Through Wrongful Discharge, Robert Brooks

Michigan Law Review

Several employees of respondent had requested the Secretary of Labor to institute an action against the respondent under the Fair Labor Standards Act to recover unpaid minimum wages and overtime compensation. As a result, the employees were discharged, in violation of section 15 (a) (3) of the act. The Secretary brought an action under section 17 to enjoin respondents from the violation, for reinstatement and for wages lost due to the wrongful discharge. The court of appeals held that the district court had no jurisdiction under section 17 to award wages lost through wrongful discharge. On certiorari to the United …

Labor Law - Arbitration - Determination Of The Question Of Arbitrability Under Section 301(A) Of Labor-Manabement Relations Act, Cecil R. Mellin

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff- union brought an action under section 301 (a) of the Labor-Management Relations Act to compel arbitration of a grievance over the subcontracting of work by defendant-employer. The collective bargaining agreement provided that questions as to the proper interpretation or application of any of the provisions of the agreement would be submitted to arbitration and that all matters involving exclusively managerial functions were excluded from arbitration. The trial court held the grievance not arbitrable. On appeal, held, reversed. An implied covenant of good faith and fair dealings and the fact that some private arbitrators have held that the conventional …

Internal Affairs Of Labor Unions Under The Labor Reform Act Of 1959, Archibald Cox

Michigan Law Review

The Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 has two main divisions. One deals with the internal affairs of labor organizations and, incidentally, with certain dishonest practices in labor-management relations tending to corrupt union officials. The other deals with labor-management relations as such. This article is confined to the first branch.

Constitutional Law - Due Process - Summary Dismissal Of A State Employee Who Invokes Fifth Amendment Before A Congressional Committee, John L. Peschel

Michigan Law Review

While employed as a social worker by the County of Los Angeles, Globe was subpoenaed to appear before a subcommittee of the House Un-American Activities Committee. California law imposed a duty on public employees to appear before certain tribunals and answer questions within specified categories, including an inquiry by a committee of the United States Congress as to past or present membership in the Communist Party. Failure to comply with the statute constituted insubordination, which would result in dismissal "in the manner provided by law." Because Globe had not yet acquired tenure, he was not entitled under civil service rules …

Labor Law - Arbitration - Necessity Of According Individual Employees Right To Independent Representation In Arbitration Proceeding, Alan E. Price

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiffs, employees of defendant corporation, were demoted from supervisory positions back into the bargaining unit. The collective bargaining agreement defined seniority as "an employee's length of service with the company in years, months and days." The employer credited plaintiffs with continuous seniority from the time they had originally begun work with the company in non-supervisory positions. Defendant union contended that time spent in supervisory positions should be excluded from seniority. The dispute was submitted to arbitration without plaintiffs being given notice of the proceedings or opportunity to participate. The arbitration award adopted the position urged by the union. Plaintiffs brought …

When Is Termination Of Realty Broker's Agency In Bad Faith?

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.

Labor Law - Labor-Management Relations Act - Constitutionality Of The Emergency Strike Provisions, James N. Adler

Michigan Law Review

In an effort to settle a nationwide steel strike the President invoked the "national emergency" provisions of the Taft-Hartley Act. Having made the requisite finding that the strike would "imperil the national health or safety," he appointed a board of inquiry to investigate the dispute. Upon receipt of the board's report the President directed the Attorney General to seek an injunction against the strike. Basing its determination largely upon the strike's hindrance of the national defense program, the district court found the strike would "imperil the national health or safety" and granted the injunction The court of appeals, affirming, rejected …

The New Labor Law: A Very Limited Management Victory, Howard Glickstein, Bernard D. Gold

Scholarly Works

No abstract provided.

American Enterprise In The European Common Market: A Legal Profile. Volume 2., Eric Stein, Thomas L. Nicholson

Michigan Legal Studies Series

The rapid expansion of international trade during the past fifteen years has confronted the American business counselor with a great variety of new problems. Solutions to these problems were not expounded to him in his pre-war legal education, nor are they to be found in the rich proliferation of advance sheets, digests, and loose-leaf services with which the modern American lawyer is blessed. When he turns to foreign counsel, he finds that a lack of common legal background makes meaningful professional communication difficult. This book has been prepared with the primary purpose of helping those American lawyers who, because of …

American Enterprise In The European Common Market: A Legal Profile. Volume 1., Eric Stein, Thomas L. Nicholson

Michigan Legal Studies Series

The rapid expansion of international trade during the past fifteen years has confronted the American business counselor with a great variety of new problems. Solutions to these problems were not expounded to him in his pre-war legal education, nor are they to be found in the rich proliferation of advance sheets, digests, and loose-leaf services with which the modern American lawyer is blessed. When he turns to foreign counsel, he finds that a lack of common legal background makes meaningful professional communication difficult. This book has been prepared with the primary purpose of helping those American lawyers who, because of …

East Coast Volume 1 1960-1968, Poletti, Freidin, Prashker & Gartner

Volume I 1943-1968

Arbitration decisions between east coast motion picture film laboratories and their unions from 1960-1968.

Employer Immunity In Independent-Contractor Torts In Ohio, Robert Blattner

Cleveland State Law Review

The independent contractor situation differs from most other tort cases in that the employer usually is not the actual tortfeasor. As the contractor is the one who commits the actual wrong, the employer is liable, if at all, only vicariously. One of the main questions becomes not whether the injured party shall recover, but from whom he shall recover. This is the question examined here.

Scope Of The President's Power To Secure 80-Day Injunction Against Continuation Of Steel Strike Under Labor Management Relations Act, Section 208 - United Steelworkers Of America V. United States, Robert J. Carson, Howard S. Chasanow

Maryland Law Review

No abstract provided.