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American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board, 1964 — 379 U.S. 814 · caselaw · US
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American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board
379 U.S. 814·Supreme Court of the United States·1964
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Opinion
No. 255.
American Ship Building Co. v. National Labor Relations Board.
William S. Tyson for petitioner. Solicitor General Cox, Arnold Ordman, Dominick L. Manoli and Norton J. Come for respondent.
[MAJORITY]
Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted limited to Question 2 presented by the petition which reads as follows:
“2. Whether, under Section 8 (d) (4), the 1947 Amendment to the National Labor Relations Act, an employer lockout is a corollary of the employees’ statutory right to strike?”