Lauf v. E. G. Shinner & Co.’s Empirical Analysis
82 F.2d 68 · 1936
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 13 later decisions (2 by the Supreme Court) — most recently March 1984
4 federal appellate · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 29 U.S.C. § 102 (Norris-LaGuardia Act)
Relies on Ala Schechter Poultry Corporation v. United States · Texas Co v. Brotherhood of Railway and Steamship Clerks · Truax v. Corrigan · American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council · Lucke v. Clothing Cutters & Trimmers' Assembly No. 7507
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““(a) A case shall be held to involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation; or have direct or indirect interests therein; or who are employees of the same employer ; or who are members of the same or an affiliated organization of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (1) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employees or associations of employees; (2) between one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or associations of employers; or (3) between one or more employees or associations of employees and one or more employees or associations of employees; or when the case involves any. conflicting or competing interests in a ‘labor dispute’ (as hereinafter defined) of ‘persons participating or interested’ therein (as hereinafter defined). “(b) A person or association shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against him' or it, and if he or it is engaged in the same industry, trade, craft, or occupation in which such dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or is a member, officer, or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation. “(c) The term ‘labor dispute’ includes any controversy concerning terms or conditions of employment, or concerning the as”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“... neither the employer nor any of his employees are engaged or involved in a labor dispute with anyone. The controversy, rather, seems to be a unilateral one with the sole object of coercing appellee to compel its employees to join the appellant union, in order that it may represent the employees in their dealings with the employer: Appellants seek to accomplish that result by picketing and damaging the employer’s business. But, under the Norris-LaGuardia Act and the Wisconsin Labor Code, it would amount to a violation of both the federal and state law if appellee complied with appellants’ demands, for under those laws the employer is specifically enjoined from influencing his employees in their choice of a union or their representative. The employees have refused to join the appellant union, they have organized their own union and have selected their own representative without interference or participation of their employer, and their rights in these respects are as fully protected by the laws as are those of appellants. ‘”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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