<P> Commonwealth v. Hunt , 45 Mass . 111 ( 1842 ) was a case in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on the subject of labor unions . Prior to Hunt the legality of labor combinations in America was uncertain . In March 1842 , Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled that labor combinations were legal provided that they were organized for a legal purpose and used legal means to achieve their goals . </P>
<P> Commonwealth v. Hunt , 45 Mass . 111 ( 1842 ) was a case in the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on the subject of labor unions . Prior to Hunt the legality of labor combinations in America was uncertain . In March 1842 , Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled that labor combinations were legal provided that they were organized for a legal purpose and used legal means to achieve their goals . </P>
in the case of commonwealth v. hunt ( 1842 ) the supreme court of massachusetts ruled that
in the case of commonwealth v. hunt ( 1842 ) the supreme court of massachusetts ruled that
labor combinations were legal provided that they were organized for a legal purpose and used legal means to achieve their goals
labor combinations were legal provided that they were organized for a legal purpose and used legal means to achieve their goals