New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
New Negro Alliance et al. v. Sanitary Grocery Co. | |||||||
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Argued March 2–3, 1938 Decided March 28, 1938 | |||||||
Full case name | New Negro Alliance et al. v Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc. | ||||||
Citations |
58 S. Ct. 703; 82 L. Ed. 1012; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 367; 9 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 464; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P17,030;2 L.R.R.M. 592 | ||||||
Prior history | Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia | ||||||
Subsequent history | As amended by order of April 25, 1938, see 304 U.S. | ||||||
Holding | |||||||
It was intended by the Congress that peaceful and orderly dissemination of information by those defined as persons interested in a labor dispute concerning 'terms and conditions of employment' in an industry or a plant or a place of business should be lawful. | |||||||
Court membership | |||||||
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Case opinions | |||||||
Majority | Roberts, joined by Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Black, Reed | ||||||
Dissent | McReynolds, joined by Butler | ||||||
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. | |||||||
Laws applied | |||||||
Norris-LaGuardia Act sect. 13a |
New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co., 303 U.S. 552 (1938) , was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, safeguarding a right to boycott and in the struggle by African Americans against discriminatory hiring practices.
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