Supreme Court In Re Debs Decision Upholds Federal Injunctions Against Strikes
The U.S. Supreme Court issues a unanimous 9-0 decision in In re Debs, upholding the federal government’s use of injunctions to suppress labor strikes and affirming Eugene V. Debs’s contempt of court conviction for continuing the 1894 Pullman Strike in violation of a federal court order. …
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Justice David Josiah Brewer
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