Lewis v. Red Jacket Consolidated Coal Coke Company International Organization of United Mine Workers of America v. Borderland Coal Corporation International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Alpha Pocahontas Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Aetnae Sewell Smokeless Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Dry Branch Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Nelson Fuel Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Leevale Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Seng Creek Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Anchor Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Sterling Block Coal Company International Organization, United Mine Workers of America v. Carbon Fuel Company

Decision Date17 October 1927
Docket NumberNo. 327,No. 325,No. 334,No. 332,No. 326,No. 335,No. 336,No. 333,RALEIGH-WYOMING,No. 330,No. 328,No. 331,No. 329,325,326,327,328,329,330,331,332,333,334,335,336
Citation275 U.S. 536,48 S.Ct. 31,72 L.Ed. 413
PartiesJohn L. LEWIS, President of the United Mine Workers of America et al., petitioners, v. RED JACKET CONSOLIDATED COAL & COKE COMPANY; The INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION OF UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. BORDERLAND COAL CORPORATION et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. ALPHA POCAHONTAS COAL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. AETNAE SEWELL SMOKELESS COAL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. DRY BRANCH COAL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. NELSON FUEL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. LEEVALE COAL COMPANY and Hopkins Fork Coal Company; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. SENG CREEK COAL COMPANY and Mordue Collieries Company; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v.COAL COMPANY, Hazy Eagle Collieries Company et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. ANCHOR COAL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. STERLING BLOCK COAL COMPANY et al.; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION, UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA et al., petitioners, v. CARBON FUEL COMPANY et al
CourtU.S. Supreme Court

and

Messrs. Wm. A. Glasgow, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa., Henry Warrum, of Indianapolis, Ind., and Thomas C. Townsend, of Charleston, W. Va., for petitioners.

Messrs. Edgar L. Greever, of Tazewell, Va., and Albert M. Belcher, and Robert S. Spilman, both of Charleston, W. Va. (Messrs. George S. Couch, of Charleston, W. Va., and Samuel L. Austin, of counsel), for respondents.

Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

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