Legal Opinion
United States v. United Mine Workers of America
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 6, 1947No. 759PublishedCited by 2,840 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
In October, 1946, the United States was in possession of, and operating, the major portion of the country’s bituminous coal mines.1 Terms and conditions of employment *263were controlled “for the period of Government possession” by an agreement2 entered into on May 29, 1946, between Secretary of the Interior Krug, as Coal Mines Administrator, and John L. Lewis, as President of the United Mine Workers of America.3 The Krug-Lewis agreement embodied far-reaching changes favorable to the miners;4 and, except as amended and supplemented therein, the agreement carried forward the terms and conditions…
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