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Constitutional Law Keyed to Shanor
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer
Citation:
343 U.S. 579 (1952)InstructorMatthew Steinberg
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In 1951, the President referred a dispute between steel workers and their employing companies to the Federal Wage Stabilization Board, following failed bargaining efforts between the employees and the companies over their new collective bargaining agreements. The Board’s report did not yield a settlement, and the steel employees gave notice of a nation-wide strike. Because steel was important to building war materials, the President issued an order directing the Secretary of Commerce to take possession of most of the steel mills in the country and keep them operating. The Secretary issued possessory orders over the steel mills, and the companies brought suit against him in District Court.
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