Legal Opinion
Cortez v. Ford Motor Company
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1957No. Docket 61, Calendar 46,972PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtEdwards, J.
The issues involved herein are of increasing importance to labor, to management, and to millions of individuals whose jobs are governed by seniority provisions in various collective bargaining contracts.
The term “seniority” as used in this case may be defined as a system for the laying off and rehiring of employees, based generally upon original date of employment by the company concerned. It is a concept of job protection unknown to the common law and founded upon no statute law in this State..
Indeed in the period preceding the advent of the union-management contract, employers had the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Steele v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Ford Motor Co. v. HuffmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Slocum v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. HowardSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Graham v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & EnginemenSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by54 opinions
- Pompey v. General Motors Corp.Michigan Supreme Court · 1971
- Schipani v. Ford Motor Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Falsetti v. Local Union No. 2026, United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Ostrofsky v. United Steelworkers of AmericaDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1959
- O'HARE v. City of DetroitMichigan Supreme Court · 1960
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