Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers
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{{Infobox SCOTUS case
|Litigants=Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers
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|DecideDate=December 10
|DecideYear=1979
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|USVol=444
|USPage=212
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|Holding=National unions are not liable for the actions of local union members who engage in wildcat strikes unless they provoke the strikes.
|Majority=Brennan
|JoinMajority=unanimous
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Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers, {{ussc|volume=444|page=212|year=1979|el=no}}, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that national labor unions are not liable for the actions of local union members who engage in wildcat strikes unless they provoke the strikes.{{ussc|name=Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers|volume=444|page=212|year=1979}}.{{Cite book |last=Taylor |first=Benjamin J. |title=Labor Relations Law |last2=Witney |first2=Fred |year=1987 |pages=437}}
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| case = {{ussc|name=Carbon Fuel Co. v. Mine Workers|volume=444|page=212|year=1979|el=no}}
| justia = https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/444/212/case.html
| cornell = https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/444/212
| findlaw = https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-supreme-court/444/212.html
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Category:United States Supreme Court cases in 1979
Category:United States Supreme Court cases
Category:United States Supreme Court cases of the Burger Court
Category:United States trade union case law
Category:United States labor strike case law
Category:1979 in labor relations
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