End date 1938 | ||
Full case name New Negro Alliance et al. v Sanitary Grocery Co., Inc. Citations 303 U.S. 552 (more)58 S. Ct. 703; 82 L. Ed. 1012; 1938 U.S. LEXIS 367; 9 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 464; 1 Lab. Cas. (CCH) P17,030;2 L.R.R.M. 592 Prior history Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Subsequent history As amended by order of April 25, 1938, see 304 U.S. Majority Roberts, joined by Hughes, Brandeis, Stone, Black, Reed Dissent McReynolds, joined by Butler Ruling court | ||
New Negro Alliance v. Sanitary Grocery Co., 303 US 552 (1938) was a landmark United States Supreme Court decision, which affects US labor law, safeguarding a right to boycott and in the struggle by African Americans against discriminatory hiring practices.
Judgment
The court concluded that according to the United States Congress "peaceful and orderly dissemination of information by those defined as persons interested in a labor dispute concerning 'terms and conditions of employment' in an industry or a plant or a place of business should be lawful; that, short of fraud, breach of the peace, violence, or conduct otherwise unlawful, those having a direct or indirect interest in such terms and conditions of employment should be at liberty to advertise and disseminate facts and information with respect to terms and conditions of employment, and peacefully to persuade others to concur in their views respecting an employer's practices."