ITT CORP. v. ELECTRICAL WORKERS

No. 73-1313.

419 U.S. 428 (1975)

INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH CORP., COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT & SYSTEMS DIVISION v. LOCAL 134, INTERNATIONAL BROTHERHOOD OF ELECTRICAL WORKERS, AFL-CIO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew E. Murray argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was John D. O'Brien.

Robert E. Fitzgerald, Jr., argued the cause for respondent Local 134, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. With him on the brief was Edward J. Calihan, Jr. Norton J. Come argued the cause for respondent National Labor Relations Board in support of petitioner. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Bork, Peter G. Nash, John S. Irving, and Patrick Hardin. Charles V. Koons, Irving M. Friedman, and Harold A. Katz filed a brief for respondent Communications Workers of America in support of petitioner.


MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

In 1947 Congress responded to the labor unrest caused by jurisdictional disputes by adding § 8 (b) (4) (D) to the National Labor Relations Act, which made it an unfair labor practice for a labor organization to induce the employees of any employer to strike in the hopes of forcing an employer to assign particular work to employees in a particular labor organization.1 In the...

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