Loewe v. Lawlor

Loewe v. Lawlor
Loewe v. Lawlor
	Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 4–5, 1907; Decided February 3, 1908
Full case name	Deitrich Loewe et al. v. Martin Lawlor et al.
Citations	208 U.S. 274 (more) 28 S. Ct. 301; 52 L. Ed. 488; 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1769
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Holding
	The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits any combination whatever to secure action which essentially obstructs the free flow of commerce between the states, or restricts the liberty of a trader to engage in business.
Court membership
	Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer; Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham; Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr.; William R. Day · William H. Moody
Case opinion
Majority	Fuller, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
	Sherman Antitrust Act

Loewe v. Lawlor, 208 U.S. 274 (1908), also referred to as the Danbury Hatters' Case, is a United States Supreme Court case in United States labor law concerning the application of antitrust laws to labor unions.^[1] The Court's decision effectively outlawed the secondary boycott as a violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act, despite union arguments that their actions affected only intrastate commerce.^[2] It was also decided that individual unionists could be held personally liable for damages incurred by the activities of their union.^[3]

^ Loewe v. Lawlor, 208 U.S. 274 (1908). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.
^ Carter, Saalim A. Labor Unions and Antitrust Legislation: Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint from 1890-1941. Penn State University, 2006. p. 28.
^ Carter, p. 30.

[1] Loewe v. Lawlor, 208 U.S. 274 (1908). This article incorporates public domain material from this U.S government document.

[2] Carter, Saalim A. Labor Unions and Antitrust Legislation: Judicial Activism vs. Judicial Restraint from 1890-1941. Penn State University, 2006. p. 28.

[3] Carter, p. 30.

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Loewe v. Lawlor
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued December 4–5, 1907 Decided February 3, 1908
Full case name	Deitrich Loewe et al. v. Martin Lawlor et al.
Citations	208 U.S. 274 (more) 28 S. Ct. 301; 52 L. Ed. 488; 1908 U.S. LEXIS 1769
Case history
Prior	Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Holding
The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibits any combination whatever to secure action which essentially obstructs the free flow of commerce between the states, or restricts the liberty of a trader to engage in business.
Court membership
Chief Justice Melville Fuller Associate Justices John M. Harlan · David J. Brewer Edward D. White · Rufus W. Peckham Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · William H. Moody
Case opinion
Majority	Fuller, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Sherman Antitrust Act