American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council

American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council, 257 U.S. 184 (1921), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that picketing by more the one person at an entrance or exit to a struck business was not protected by the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914. The court said that it was inherently a form of intimidation no matter how orderly the picket was.^[1][2]

American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Central Trades Council
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 17, 1919 Reargued October 5, 1920 Reargued October 4–5, 1921 Decided December 5, 1921
Full case name	American Steel Foundries v. Tri-City Trades Council, et al.
Citations	257 U.S. 184 (more)
Holding
Labor pickets are inherently intimidation. Only one person should be allowed at each entrance and exit of a business being struck.
Court membership
Chief Justice William H. Taft Associate Justices Joseph McKenna · Oliver W. Holmes Jr. William R. Day · Willis Van Devanter Mahlon Pitney · James C. McReynolds Louis Brandeis · John H. Clarke
Case opinions
Majority	Taft, joined by Day, Holmes, McKenna, McReynolds, Pitney, Van Devanter
Concurrence	Brandeis
Dissent	Clarke
Superseded by
Thornhill v. Alabama

This case was later superseded by cases like Thornhill v. Alabama (1940), which held that picketing was protected under free speech and the First Amendment.^[3]

See also

• US labor law
• National Labor Relations Act of 1935
• List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 257