TEXTILE WORKERS UNION OF AMERICA v. LINCOLN MILLS OF ALABAMA, 353 U.S. 448

Summary

On review, the court held that the agreement to arbitrate grievance disputes contained in a collective bargaining agreement entered into between petitioner union and respondent employer, under the authority of § 301, 29 U.S.C.S. § 185, of the Labor Management Relations Act of 1947 (Act), should be specifically enforced. The court stated that it would undercut the Act and defeat its policy if it read § 301 narrowly as only conferring jurisdiction over labor organizations. A case or controversy arising under § 301(a) was one within the purview of judicial power as defined in U.S. Const. art. III. Further, as the policy in favor of the enforcement of agreements to arbitrate grievance disputes was clear, there was no reason to submit them to the requirements of § 7, 29 U.S.C.S. § 101, of the Norris-LaGuardia Act.