Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
legal case
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| gptkbp:caseOutcome |
influenced public perception of unions
recognized the importance of labor unions set a foundation for labor rights advocacy unions are not criminal conspiracies upheld the right to organize for better wages contributed_to_the_labor_movement_in_America |
| gptkbp:caseTypes |
not applicable
criminal case civil rights case |
| gptkbp:court |
gptkb:Massachusetts_Supreme_Judicial_Court
|
| gptkbp:decidedBy |
1842
|
| gptkbp:historicalContext |
pre-Civil War America
|
| gptkbp:historicalImpact |
paved the way for future labor laws
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Commonwealth v. Hunt
|
| gptkbp:influencedBy |
gptkb:American_labor_movements
gptkb:English_common_law |
| gptkbp:involved |
gptkb:Massachusetts_government
Boston_Journeymen_Bootmakers |
| gptkbp:judges |
none
not guilty |
| gptkbp:jurisdiction |
gptkb:Massachusetts
|
| gptkbp:legalStatus |
labor law
right to assemble influenced future labor legislation right to organize affirmed the right to unionize recognized the legality of strikes set a precedent for labor rights |
| gptkbp:notableEvent |
gptkb:Taft-Hartley_Act
Wagner Act |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Samuel_Sewall
gptkb:Lemuel_Shaw gptkb:Charles_Allen 45 Mass. 111 (1842) landmark decision in labor law addressed the legality of unions established the right to collective bargaining involved a strike by bootmakers influenced_labor_relations_in_the_U.S. |
| gptkbp:outcome |
unions can organize and strike
|
| gptkbp:politicalParty |
Justice_Lemuel_Shaw
|
| gptkbp:precedent |
labor_rights_in_the_United_States
|
| gptkbp:relatedPatent |
gptkb:Lochner_v._New_York
gptkb:Abood_v._Detroit_Board_of_Education gptkb:National_Labor_Relations_Board_v._Jones_&_Laughlin_Steel_Corporation People v. Fisher |
| gptkbp:significance |
first case to rule that labor unions are lawful
|