Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs. United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167. Files,
1943

Collection Number: 5368

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives
Cornell University Library

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DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs. United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167. Files, 1943.
Collection Number:
5368
Creator:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation. United Mine Workers of America. Local 6167.
Quantity:
.5 linear ft.
Forms of Material:
Briefs.
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
Abstract:
This case involves the dispute between the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation and Local No. 6167, United Mine Workers of America, et al.
Language:
Collection material in English

COLLECTION DESCRIPTION

The dispute involved underground travel time of bituminous coal miners from portal to portal. The UMW claimed that under the provisions of the Fair Labor Standards Act, portal to portal time must be included within their work week for purposes of Section 7 of the statute. The United States District Court, District of Virginia, ruled against the U.M.W. The United States Circuit Court, Fourth District, reversed the decision of the District Court. The case was then appealed to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Supreme Court upheld the decision of the Circuit court. The decisions in the case and in the previous case (Tennessee Coal) were overruled when Congress passed the Portal to Portal Act as an amendment to the Fair Labor Standard Act.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation.
United Mine Workers of America. Local 6167.

Subjects:
Wages -- Portal-to-portal wage
Hours of labor -- Law and legislation
Arbitration, Industrial

Form and Genre Terms:
Records

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Cite As:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs. United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167. Files, 1943. 5368. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Martin P. Catherwood Library, Cornell University.
COLLECTION ARRANGEMENT

Materials are arranged by document type.
CONTAINER LIST

Description
Container
I. In the District Court for Western Virginia (1943)
a. Brief For Dependants (U.M.W.)
b. Reply Brief For the Plaintiff (Jewell Ridge)
c. Brief On Behalf of Southern Coal Producers Association, Amicus Curiae
II. In the Circuit Court (Fourth) (1943)
a. Brief On Behalf of Southern Coal Producers Association, Amicus Curiae
III. In the supreme Court (1943-1944)
a. Brief of Counsel for Respondent In Opposition to Petition. For Writ of Certiorari
b. Brief For Southern Coal Producers Association Amicus Curial