Jacksonville Bulk Terminals Inc. v. International Longshoremen’s Association et al. - Supreme Court (Burger C.J., Marshall, Brennan, White, Blackman, Rheinquist, Powell and Stevens JJ.) - 24 June 1982

Whether Norris-LaGuardia Act applies to case involving labour dispute where work stoppage was politically motivated.

On 9 January 1980 the respondent International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) announced that, as a protest against the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, its members would not handle any cargo bound to, or coming from, the Soviet Union or carried on Russian ships. In accordance with this resolution, the respondent local union, an ILA affiliate, refused to load a cargo of Superphosphoric acid (SPA) bound for the Soviet Union aboard three ships that arrived at the shipping terminal operated by the petitioner (the employer).