Longshoremen v. Allied International, Inc.
| Longshoremen v. Allied International, Inc. | |
|---|---|
| Argued January 18, 1982 Decided April 20, 1982 | |
| Full case name | International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO v. Allied International, Inc. |
| Citations | 456 U.S. 212 (more) 102 S.Ct. 1656; 72 L. Ed. 2d 21 |
| Argument | Oral argument |
| Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
| Case history | |
| Prior | Allied Int'l v. Int'l Longshoremen's Ass'n, 492 F. Supp. 334 (D. Mass. 1980); reversed, 640 F.2d 1368 (1st Cir. 1981); cert. granted, 454 U.S. 814 (1981). |
| Holding | |
| That the Longshoremen's Association by refusing to unload Soviet cargo in the United States had undertaken an unfair labor practice as defined by § 8(b) (4)(B) of the National Labor Relations Act. | |
| Court membership | |
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| Case opinion | |
| Majority | Powell, joined by unanimous |
| Laws applied | |
| National Labor Relations Act | |
International Longshoremen's Association, AFL-CIO v. Allied International, Inc., 456 U.S. 212 (1982), was a United States Supreme Court case which held that a trade union that refused to unload cargo from the Soviet Union in protest against the invasion of Afghanistan had engaged in a secondary boycott, an unfair labor practice under the National Labor Relations Act.