Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering, 254 U.S. 443 (1921) (No. 45)

Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering, 254 U.S. 443 (1921) (No. 45)

Author: Supreme Court of the United States

Year: 1921

Case name: Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering Opinion filed: 1921-01-03 Docket No.: 45 Citations: • 254 U.S. 443 • 41 S. Ct. 172 • 65 L. Ed. 349 • 1921 U.S. LEXIS 1890 Case holding summaries: • finding that a "business ... is a property right, entitled to protection against unlawful injury or interference ..." • boycott of target's product until it agreed to union's employment demands • finding that a "business. . . is a property right, entitled to protection against unlawful injury of interference. . . ." • “By repeated decisions of this court it has come to be well established that the debates in Congress expressive of the views and motives of individual members are not a safe guide, and hence may not be resorted to, in ascertaining the meaning and purpose of the law-making body.” • overruled by the Norris-LaGuardia Act of 1932, 29 U.S.C. §§ 101-115, see discussion infra • "[I]t is not for judges to ... set the limits of permissible contest.... This is the function of the legislature...." • "It was objected that, due largely to environment, the social and economic ideas of judges, which thus became translated into law, were prejudicial to a position of equality between workingm