International Longshoremen’s Association v. Allied International, Inc.
United States Supreme Court
456 U.S. 212 (1982)
- Written by Tammy Boggs, JD
Facts
In 1980, the president of the International Longshoremen’s Association (the union) (defendant) ordered union members to stop handling cargoes arriving from or destined for the Soviet Union to protest the Russian invasion of Afghanistan. The union members complied with the order and refused to service ships that carried Russian cargoes along the eastern coast of the United States. Allied International, Inc. (Allied) (plaintiff) imported Russian wood products. Allied’s shipping contractor employed a subcontractor, and the subcontractor was under an agreement to use union members for ships docking in Boston. Allied’s shipments from Russia were disrupted, and the company suffered losses. Allied brought a suit against the union in district court, alleging that the union’s refusal to unload Allied’s shipments constituted an illegal secondary boycott under the National Labor Relations Act. The district court dismissed the complaint, holding that the union’s boycott was a purely political, primary boycott of Russian goods and thus not within the scope of the act. The court of appeals reversed, and the Supreme Court granted review.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Powell, J.)
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