International Longshoremen's & Warehousemen's Union v. Juneau Spruce Corp.

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• holding that, in enacting § 303 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 187(b), Congress intended to provide independent remedies: one directed at ending unfair labor practices, the other at providing for recovery of damages
• confirming that the United States Court of Federal Claims, as a non-Article III court, cannot hear matters solely in the purview of the district courts
• confirming that the United States Court of Federal Claims, as a non-Article III court, cannot hear matters solely in the purview of the district courts
• rejecting a historical definition also found in section 451 where that definition did not comport with the logical meaning of the term that best effectuated the purpose of the statute
• “The words ‘district court of the United States’ commonly describe constitutional courts created under Article III of the Constitution….”
• “But literalness is no sure touchstone of legislative purpose. The purpose here is more closely approximated, we believe, by giving the historic phrase a looser, more liberal meaning in the special context of this legislation.”

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