Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers

Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 1974
Full case nameGateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers
Citations414 U.S. 368 (more)
Holding
A union seeking to justify a contractually prohibited work stoppage under Section 502 of the LMRA must present ascertainable, objective evidence supporting its conclusion that an abnormally dangerous condition for work exists.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Warren E. Burger
Associate Justices
William O. Douglas · William J. Brennan Jr.
Potter Stewart · Byron White
Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun
Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist
Case opinions
MajorityPowell
DissentDouglas
Laws applied
Labor Management Relations Act

Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers, 414 U.S. 368 (1974), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a union seeking to justify a contractually prohibited work stoppage under Section 502 of the Labor Management Relations Act must present ascertainable, objective evidence supporting its conclusion that an abnormally dangerous condition for work exists.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers, 414 U.S. 368 (1974).
  2. ^ Lareau, N. Peter (May 2014) [2003]. Labor and Employment Law. pp. 19–25, 26.

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