Lechmere, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (1991)
- Docket
- 90-970
- Decided
- 1991-01-01
Summary
Question: May nonemployee union organizers trespass on private property to solicit union support? Conclusion: No, reasoned Justice Clarence Thomas, except in situations where inaccessibility makes communication through normal channels ineffective. There were alternatives short of trespass, such as signs, mailings, and newspaper ads. (Thomas's defense of private property rights may offer a clue to his budding jurisprudence.)