New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co.

New Negro Alliance et al. v. Sanitary Grocery Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued March 2–3, 1938 Decided March 28, 1938
Full case name	New Negro Alliance et al. v Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc.
Citations	303 U.S. 552 (more) 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.
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 E. Hughes Associate Justices James C. McReynolds · Louis Brandeis Pierce Butler · Harlan F. Stone Owen J. Roberts · Benjamin N. Cardozo Hugo Black · Stanley F. Reed
Case opinions
Majority	Roberts, joined by Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Black, Reed
Dissent	McReynolds, joined by Butler
Cardozo took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.
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.

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 303

External links

• Full text of the decision courtesy of Findlaw.com
• New Negro Alliance's Sanitary Grocery Protest Site