The Philadelphia Cordwainer's case established that organized labor activities like strikes could be considered criminal conspiracies under common law in the United States. Later cases like Commonwealth v Hunt and Walker v Cronin established some protections for organized labor by finding that associations for lawful purposes and means were not criminal conspiracies. However, later cases like Vegelahn v Guntner still found certain labor activities like patrols and intimidation of replacements to be unlawful interference with business. The 1905 Coppage v Kansas case found a law prohibiting "yellow dog" contracts, which required employees not join a union, to be an unconstitutional infringement on freedom of contract.
The Philadelphia Cordwainer's case established that organized labor activities like strikes could be considered criminal conspiracies under common law in the United States. Later cases like Commonwealth v Hunt and Walker v Cronin established some protections for organized labor by finding that associations for lawful purposes and means were not criminal conspiracies. However, later cases like Vegelahn v Guntner still found certain labor activities like patrols and intimidation of replacements to be unlawful interference with business. The 1905 Coppage v Kansas case found a law prohibiting "yellow dog" contracts, which required employees not join a union, to be an unconstitutional infringement on freedom of contract.
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The Philadelphia Cordwainer's case established that organized labor activities like strikes could be considered criminal conspiracies under common law in the United States. Later cases like Commonwealth v Hunt and Walker v Cronin established some protections for organized labor by finding that associations for lawful purposes and means were not criminal conspiracies. However, later cases like Vegelahn v Guntner still found certain labor activities like patrols and intimidation of replacements to be unlawful interference with business. The 1905 Coppage v Kansas case found a law prohibiting "yellow dog" contracts, which required employees not join a union, to be an unconstitutional infringement on freedom of contract.
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