Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers

Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 8, 1974
Full case name	Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers
Citations	414 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
Majority	Powell
Dissent	Douglas
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.

External links

• Text of Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers, 414 U.S. 368(1974) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

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