Legal Opinion
Cloutier v. Morgenthau
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 4, 1937No. 6685PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, J.
This is a petition for mandamus. Appellant — in October-November, 1918 — was a machinist in the employ of the Minneapolis Steel & Machinery Company. The company had contracts with the United States for the manufacture of war materials for use in the World War. At that time of national peril there were demands on the part of employees of this and other contracting companies for adjustment of wages, and there were threats of strikes. To meet the situation, the President by Executive Order created the War Labor Board with power to settle “by mediation and conciliation controversies arising…
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- Sumi v. YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- T. A. Gillespie Co. v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1925
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- Maryland Casualty Co. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1946