UNITED WORKERS v. LABURNUM CORP.

No. 188.

347 U.S. 656 (1954)

UNITED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ET AL. v. LABURNUM CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 7, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. E. Boiarsky argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Welly K. Hopkins, Harrison Combs and Willard P. Owens.

Archibald G. Robertson and George E. Allen argued the cause for respondent. With them on the brief were Francis V. Lowden, Jr. and T. Justin Moore, Jr.

Solicitor General Sobeloff and George J. Bott filed a memorandum for the National Labor Relations Board in response to the invitation of the Court (346 U.S. 936).


MR. JUSTICE BURTON delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question before us is whether the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947,1 has given the National Labor Relations Board such exclusive jurisdiction over the subject matter of a common-law tort action for damages as to preclude an appropriate state court from hearing and determining its issues where such conduct constitutes an unfair labor practice under that Act. For the reasons...

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