TU SCOTUS cases

United States v E.C Knight Company 1895

Ruled the American Sugar Refining Company didn’t break the Sherman anti-trust act even with 98% monopoly

Holden v Hardy 1898

upheld a Utah law for an 8hr working day- but only in the extreme of the mining industry

Lochner v New York 1905

Prevented a New York law setting maximum working hours as an interference on an individuals liberty (14th A)

Clayton Anti-trust Act 1914

limited the courts abilities to pass injunctions on striking workers using a peaceful picket

Schechter Poultry Corp v US 1935

SCOTUS found NIRA unconstitutional, especially regulating pay and working conditions

NLRB v Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp 1937

upheld the Wagner act despite its similarities to NIRA

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FDRs threat to appoint a new justice for every justice over the age of 70, up to 6 people