Legal Opinion
R. P. Price, C. H. Kelly and Follace Fields, Partners, D.B.A. Elkhorn Coal Company v. United Mine Workers of America
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided October 3, 1964No. 15046_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEICK, Chief Judge.
This appeal presents questions concerning the liability of United Mine Workers of America under Section 303 of the Labor Management Relations Act 1947, 1 and the common law of Kentucky, for damages to Elkhorn Coal Company’s business and property sustained by reason of the alleged commission by the Union of unlawful acts of secondary boycott, violence and depredation during an organizational strike in the coal fields of the Hazard-Letcher County, Kentucky area in 1959.
The case was tried before a jury in the District Court resulting in a plaintiffs’ verdict, based on answers…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- United Construction Workers v. Laburnum Construction Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Armstrong Paint & Varnish Works v. Nu-Enamel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1938
- International Union, United Automobile, Aircraft & Agricultural Implement Workers v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Township of Hillsborough v. CromwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Amoco Oil Co. v. Local 99, International Brotherhood of Electrical WorkersDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1982
- Paul Gibbs v. United Mine Workers of America, Paul Gibbs v. United Mine Workers of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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