Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co.

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Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co.
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Decided March 5, 1962
Full case nameLocal 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. Lucas Flour Co.
Citations369 U.S. 95 ( more )
Holding
A binding arbitration stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a limited, implied no-strike clause over the matters subject to arbitration.
Court membership
Chief Justice
Earl Warren
Associate Justices
Hugo Black  · Felix Frankfurter
William O. Douglas  · Tom C. Clark
John M. Harlan II  · William J. Brennan Jr.
Charles E. Whittaker  · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
MajorityStewart
DissentBlack

Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95(1962), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a binding arbitration stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a limited, implied no-strike clause over the matters subject to arbitration. Therefore, a strike to settle a dispute subject to mandatory arbitration was unprotected. [1] [2] [3]

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Significance

Technically, this case was limited to an award of monetary damages to the employer for an unprotected strike. A later case, Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers , extended this principle to injunctive relief. [3]

References

  1. Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95 (1962).
  2. Wellington, Harry H. (1968). Labor and the Legal Process. pp. 112–117.
  3. 1 2 Lareau (May 2014) [2003]. Labor and Employment Law. pp. 19–11, 12.

This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the text is in the public domain .