Legal Opinion
Gasaway v. Borderland Coal Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 15, 1921No. 3059PublishedCited by 14 opinions
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Suit by the Borderland Coal Corporation against Ora Gasaway, W. D. Van Horn, and others. -From a decree granting a temporary injunction (275 Fed. 871), the named defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
BAKER, Circuit Judge.
The general nature of the case is stated in the opinion filed by the District Judge:
“The bill avers and the proof shows a combination and working arrangement — a conspiracy — between the United Miné Workers.of‘America and the coal operators in the so-called ‘Central competitive field,’ to destroy what some of the conspirators call the ‘vicious competition’ of the West Virginia mines.
“Almost all of the coal produced in West Virginia is shipped out of the state in interstate commerce, and the business of the plaintiff is shown to be interstate. It lifts its coal out of its…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Swift & Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Duplex Printing Press Co. v. DeeringSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Scott v. DonaldSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Paine Lumber Co. v. NealSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Michaelson v. United States ex rel. Chicago, St. P., M. & O. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1923
- International Organization v. Red Jacket Consol. Coal &. Coke Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
- United States v. Railway Employees' Department of American Federation of LaborDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1922
- Dillon v. American Brass Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1948
- Bittner v. West Virginia-Pittsburgh Coal Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1926
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