Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs. United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167 Records, 1943-1944
Collection Number: 5368
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167 Records, 1943-1944
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5368
Abstract:
Case materials relating to a dispute between the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation and
Local No. 6167, United Mine Workers of America, et al.
Creator:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation
United Mine Workers of America (UMW)
Quanitities:
0.33 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
This case involves the dispute between the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation and Local
No. 6167, United Mine workers of America, et. al.
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.
This case involves the dispute between the Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation and Local
No. 6167, United Mine Workers of America, et al. 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.
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INFORMATION FOR USERS
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation vs. United Mine Workers of America, Local 6167 Records
#5368. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University
Library.
Related Collections: 5023: United Mine Workers' Election Materials 5301 mf: United Mine Workers of America District 12 (Ill.) Records on Microfilm 5302 mf: "History of the United Mine Workers, 1890-1932" Unpublished Manuscript on
Microfilm 5358: Pennsylvania Mining Company vs. United Mine Workers of America Court Records 5428 mf: UMWA District 15 Press Releases and Newspaper Clippings about the "Colorado
Strike, 1914" on Microfilm
Names:
Jewell Ridge Coal Corporation.
United Mine Workers of America.
United Mine Workers of America. Local 6167.
Subjects:
Wages -- Portal-to-portal wage
Hours of labor -- Law and legislation
Arbitration, Industrial
CONTAINER LIST
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Container
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Description
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Date
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| Box 1 | Folder 1 |
Brief For Dependents (U.M.W.)
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
In the District Court for Western Virginia
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| Box 1 | Folder 2 |
Reply Brief For the Plaintiff (Jewell Ridge)
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
In the District Court for Western Virginia
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| Box 1 | Folder 3 |
Brief On Behalf of Southern Coal Producers Association, Amicus Curiae
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
In the District Court for Western Virginia
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| Box 1 | Folder 4 |
Brief On Behalf of Southern Coal Producers Association, Amicus Curiae
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1943 |
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Scope and Contents
In the Circuit Court (Fourth)
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| Box 1 | Folder 5 |
Brief of Counsel for Respondent In Opposition to Petition. For Writ of Certiorari
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
In the supreme Court
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| Box 1 | Folder 6 |
Brief For Southern Coal Producers Association Amicus Curial
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1943-1944 |
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Scope and Contents
In the supreme Court
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