EDWARD J. DEBARTOLO CORP. v. NLRB

No. 81-1985.

463 U.S. 147 (1983)

EDWARD J. DEBARTOLO CORP. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence M. Cohen argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were W. Reynolds Allen and Mark E. Levitt.

Norton J. Come argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for respondent National Labor Relations Board were Solicitor General Lee, Linda Sher, and Elinor Hadley Stillman. Richard H. Frank, Laurence J. Cohen, Laurence Gold, and George Kaufmann filed a brief for respondent Florida Gulf Coast Building Trades Council, AFL-CIO.*


JUSTICE STEVENS delivered the opinion of the court.

As a result of a labor dispute between respondent union and the H. J. High Construction Company (High), the union passed out handbills urging consumers not to trade with a group of employers who had no business relationship of any kind with High. The question presented is whether that handbilling is exempted from the prohibition against secondary boycotts contained in &...

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