George Sutherland

Supreme Court Applies Antitrust Law to Union Secondary Boycotts in Bedford Cut Stone

1927-04-11 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

The Supreme Court rules that the Journeymen Stone Cutters Association of North America violated the Sherman Antitrust Act by declaring stone from Bedford Cut Stone Company and 23 other Indiana limestone producers “unfair” and prohibiting its 5,000 members from working on buildings using …

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Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Minimum Wage Law for Women in Adkins Decision

1923-04-09 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

The Supreme Court rules 5-3 in Adkins v. Children’s Hospital that a 1918 federal law establishing a minimum wage board for women and minors in the District of Columbia violates the Fifth Amendment’s guarantee of “liberty of contract.” Justice George Sutherland, writing for …

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