United Mine Workers v. Pennington
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United Mine Workers v. Pennington is a 1965 U.S. Supreme Court antitrust case that examined whether a union’s collective bargaining activities with employers could be subject to Sherman Act liability.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| United Mine Workers of America v. Pennington | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
U.S. Supreme Court case
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antitrust case ⓘ labor law case ⓘ |
| affects | scope of nonstatutory labor exemption to antitrust laws ⓘ |
| areaOfLaw |
U.S. federal antitrust law
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U.S. federal labor law ⓘ |
| citation | 381 U.S. 657 ⓘ |
| concernedActivity |
alleged conspiracy to eliminate competition among coal operators
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collective bargaining over wage rates ⓘ |
| concernedIndustry | coal industry ⓘ |
| concurringOpinionBy | Justice Douglas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| court | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| decisionDate | 1965-04-05 ⓘ |
| decisionType | majority decision with dissents ⓘ |
| dissentingOpinionBy |
Justice Fortas
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Justice Goldberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Harlan NERFINISHED ⓘ Justice Stewart NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| docketNumber | No. 83 ⓘ |
| fullName | United Mine Workers of America v. Pennington NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| holding |
A union and employers may be subject to Sherman Act liability when they combine to impose a wage scale intended to drive competitors out of business.
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Union conduct is not automatically exempt from antitrust laws when it involves combinations with nonlabor groups to achieve anticompetitive objectives. ⓘ |
| involvesParty |
Pennington
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United Mine Workers of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| issue | Whether a union’s collective bargaining activities with employers can be subject to Sherman Act liability. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | federal question jurisdiction ⓘ |
| legalSubject |
Clayton Act
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Sherman Act NERFINISHED ⓘ antitrust law ⓘ collective bargaining ⓘ labor law ⓘ nonstatutory labor exemption ⓘ |
| majorityOpinionBy | Justice White NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| pageInUnitedStatesReports | 657 ⓘ |
| proceduralPosture | appeal from the United States Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| relatedCase |
Allen Bradley Co. v. Local Union No. 3
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Apex Hosiery Co. v. Leader NERFINISHED ⓘ Local 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters v. Jewel Tea Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedDoctrine | labor antitrust exemption ⓘ |
| statuteInterpreted |
Clayton Act
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Sherman Antitrust Act NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subsequentCitationFrequency | frequently cited ⓘ |
| volumeOfUnitedStatesReports | 381 ⓘ |
| yearDecided | 1965 ⓘ |
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