Norris-Laguardia Case Summary

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Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932 was enacted by congress it liberated organized labor from the federal courts injunctions. Prior to the act a federal judge could be convinced that a strike, picketing, or boycott would violate the law they would issue an injunction so that the union would have to stop the strike (Bernstein, N.N.. 2015). Norris-LaGuardia Act is called a "yellow dog" contract, an employee promises not to join the union to stay in contract with their employer. It made it so federal judges could not issue injunctions if the strike was not violent. The act defined "labor dispute" so that there was no possible misunderstanding of the terms of employment (Bernstein, N.N.. 2015).
Norris-LaGuardia Act was enacted after a group of