Unemployment Compensation Commission of Alaska et al. v. Aragon et al. (329 U.S. 143)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided December 9, 1946 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 329 U.S. 143 · 67 S. Ct. 245
- Decided
- December 9, 1946
- Term
- October Term 1946
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Vinson
- Issue area
- Unions
- Disposition
- Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
Mr. Chief Justice Vinson delivered the opinion of the Court. In May, 1940, the individual respondents filed claims for unemployment benefits with the Unemployment Compensation Commission of the Territory of Alaska. After an initial determination by an examiner and after decision by a referee, the Commission held that the claimants were disqualified from receiving benefits for a period of eight weeks, since their unemployment was due to a labor dispute in active progress within the meaning of the Alaska Unemployment Compensation Law. The United States District Court affirmed the Commission’s holding in all particulars. The Circuit Court of Appeals reversed, one judge dissenting. We granted certiorari because of the public importance of the questions involved. Among the petitioners are three corporations engaged principally in the business of salmon fishing, canning, and ma.rlcpit.ing. One of the companies owns canneries and other facilities at Karluk, Chignik, and Bristol Bay, Alaska. The other two companies operate only at Bristol Bay. Catching and canning salmon is a seasonal activity. The companies customarily hire workers at San Francisco at the beginning of the season, transport them to the Alaskan establishments, and Return them to San Francisco at the season’s end. Similar operations are carried on by other companies out of other west coast ports, notably Seattle and…
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