Legal Opinion
United Mine Workers of America v. Meadow Creek Coal Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided January 21, 1959No. 13470PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN, Circuit Judge.
United Mine Workers of America (an unincorporated labor union or association) has appealed from a judgment against it in favor of Meadow Creek Coal Company, Inc. (a Tennessee corporation), entered by the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee after a lengthy trial without the intervention of a jury. The award consisted of $300,000 compensatory damages and $100,000 punitive damages.
The district court rested its jurisdiction upon the pleadings and upon the entire evidence, for the reason that the coal company’s claim of a secondary boycott as…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Siler v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
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3Cited by60 opinions
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- Misco, Inc., Mid-South Aluminum Company, and Everett W. Fielder, Jr. v. United States Steel Corporation and Alside, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1986
- M. W. Ritchie, Sr., Mark Cann, B. C. McClanahan and Henry C. Kelly, D/B/A Ritchie Coal Co. v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969
- Management Investors v. United Mine Workers Of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
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