Adair v. United States
Adair v. United States, 208 U.S. 161 (1908), was a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court which declared that bans on "yellow-dog" contracts (that forbade workers from joining labor unions) were unconstitutional. The decision reaffirmed the doctrine of freedom of contract which was first recognized by the Court in Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897). For this reason, Adair is often seen as defining what has come to be known as the Lochner era, a period in American legal history in which the Supreme Court tended to invalidate legislation aimed at regulating business.
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Adair v. United States
Adair v. United States, 208 U.S. 161 (1908), was a US labor law case of the United States Supreme Court which declared that bans on "yellow-dog" contracts (that forbade workers from joining labor unions) were unconstitutional. The decision reaffirmed the doctrine of freedom of contract which was first recognized by the Court in Allgeyer v. Louisiana (1897). For this reason, Adair is often seen as defining what has come to be known as the Lochner era, a period in American legal history in which the Supreme Court tended to invalidate legislation aimed at regulating business.
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Adair v. United States, 208 U. ...... clause of the Fifth Amendment.
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Adair v. United States, 208 U.S. 161
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Section 10 of the Erdman Act w ...... ers under the Commerce Clause.
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Fuller, Brewer, White, Peckham, Day
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U.S. Const. art. I sec. 8 clause 3
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Adair v. United States
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Error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Kentucky
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Adair v. United States, 208 U. ...... aimed at regulating business.
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Adair v. United States
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William Adair, Plff. in Err. v. United States
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