Anderson v. Shipowners Assn. of Pacific Coast

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• holding that a multi-employer agreement among ship owners restrained trade in a labor market for sailors
• applying section 1 of the Sherman Act to shipping associations’ restrictions on seamen’s access to the labor market
• agreement between most shipowners on Pacific coast to deny employment to any seaman who did not register with association was violation of 1 of Sherman Act
• “The interference with commerce, therefore, was direct and primary, and not, as in the cases cited, incidental, indirect, and secondary.”
• “[Bjefore the ordinance can be declared unconstitutional, that such provisions are clearly arbitrary and unreasonable, having no substantial relation to the public health, safety, morals, or general welfare.”
• agreement between most shipowners on Pacific coast to deny employment to any seaman who did not register with association was violation of § 1 of Sherman Act

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