Supreme Court Loewe v. Lawlor Decision Holds Union Members Personally Liable for Damages
The U.S. Supreme Court rules unanimously 9-0 in Loewe v. Lawlor (the “Danbury Hatters’ Case”) that the Sherman Antitrust Act applies to labor unions and that individual union members can be held personally liable for damages caused by union boycotts. Chief Justice Melville W. …
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Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller
United Hatters of North America
D.E. Loewe & Company
Martin Lawlor
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