Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co.

Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 5, 1962
Full case name	Local 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America v. Lucas Flour Co.
Citations	369 U.S. 95 (more)
Holding
A binding arbitration stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a limited, implied no-strike clause over the matters subject to arbitration.
Court membership
Chief Justice Earl Warren Associate Justices Hugo Black · Felix Frankfurter William O. Douglas · Tom C. Clark John M. Harlan II · William J. Brennan Jr. Charles E. Whittaker · Potter Stewart
Case opinions
Majority	Stewart
Dissent	Black

Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95 (1962), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a binding arbitration stipulation in a collective bargaining agreement constitutes a limited, implied no-strike clause over the matters subject to arbitration. Therefore, a strike to settle a dispute subject to mandatory arbitration was unprotected.

Significance

Technically, this case was limited to an award of monetary damages to the employer for an unprotected strike. A later case, Gateway Coal Co. v. Mine Workers, extended this principle to injunctive relief.

External links

• Text of Teamsters v. Lucas Flour Co., 369 U.S. 95 (1962) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Justia

This article incorporates written opinion of a United States federal court. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the text is in the public domain.