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New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
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| New Negro Alliance et al v. Sanitary Grocery Co. |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
Argued March 2–3, 1938
Decided March 28, 1938
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| Full case name: |
New Negro Alliance et al. v Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc. |
| Citations: |
303 U.S. 552; 58 S. Ct. 703; 82 L. Ed. 1012; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 367; 9 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 464; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P17,030;2 L.R.R.M. 592 |
| Prior history: |
Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia |
| Subsequent history: |
As amended by order of April 25, 1938, see 304 U.S. |
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| Holding |
| It was intended by the Congress that peaceful and orderly dissemination of information by those defined as persons interested in a labor dispute concerning 'terms and conditions of employment' in an industry or a plant or a place of business should be lawful. |
| Court membership |
Chief Justice: Charles Evans Hughes
Associate Justices: James Clark McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, Pierce Butler, Harlan Fiske Stone, Owen Josephus Roberts, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Hugo Black, Stanley Forman Reed |
| Case opinions |
Majority by: Roberts
Joined by: Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Black, Reed
Dissent by: McReynolds
Joined by: Butler
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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| Laws applied |
| Norris-LaGuardia Act sect. 13a |
New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co., 303 U.S. 552 (1938) [1], was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, safeguarding a right to boycott and in the struggle by African Americans against discriminatory hiring practices.
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