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Buck's Stove and Range Company vs. American Federation of Labor Court Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5360

Scope and Contents

Legal documents filed before the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia include: application fo a temporary restraining order against the defendants (Samuel Gompers, Frank Morrison, and John Mitchell); petition to have defendents ruled in contempt; copies of affidavits filed in court by plaintiff for use in hearing of application for temporary injunction against defendants (1907-1908).



Legal documents filed before the Court of Appeals, Destrict of Columbia include an appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; brief and supplemental brief for appellee (Buck's Stove and Range Company); transcript of record of appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, Gompers et al., appellants (1908).



Finally, legal documents filed before the Supreme Court of the United States, including numerous briefs and supplemental briefs filed in behalf of Buck's Stove and Range Company (1910-1913).



Also includes publications by the American Anti-Boycott Association relating to the case, including arguments in support of a guilty ruling in the contempt case against Gompers, Morrison, and Mitchell; arguments in the contempt proceedings in the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia; and transcript of the decision finding Gompers, Morrison, and Mitchell guilty of contempt (n.d.).

Dates

  • 1908-1919

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

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Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

In a six-year legal battle ending in the U.S. Supreme Court, the Buck's Stove and Range Company sought, and ultimatly failed, to have an American Federation of Labor boycott declared illegal on the grounds of anti-trust law.



As a result of a strike against the Buck's Stove and Range Company in St. Louis, Mo., the American Federation of Labor (A.F. of L.) placed the company on the list of firms not solicited by organized labor in its official paper, THE AMERICAN FEDERATIONIST, in May 1907. The company responded by filing suit against the A.F. of L., alleging that the boycott was in violation of anti-trust laws, and, in December 1907, obtained an injunction against the boycott. When the leadership of the A.F. of L. refused to comply with the injunction, leaders Samuel Gompers (president), Frank Morrison (secretary), and John Mitchell (vice-president) were found in contempt of court and sentenced to jail terms. After drawn out legal proceedings, the Supreme Court overruled the contempt charge on a technicality (1913).

Extent

1 cubic feet

Abstract

The collection contains legal documents pertaining to the case of Buck's Stove and Range Company vs. the American Federation of Labor, et al., 1907-1913, and a number of documents by the American Anti-Boycott Association.

Quantity:

1 linear ft.

Forms of Material:

Briefs, transcripts .

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183 kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, November 22, 2013
EAD encoding:
Kheel Staff, March 11, 2019
Title
Buck's Stove and Range Company vs. American Federation of Labor Court Records
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
March 11, 2019
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853