International Longshoremen’s Association AFL-CIO v. Allied International Inc. - U.S. Court of Appeals (1st Circuit) - 20 April 1982

Longshoremen union’s boycott of cargoes from Soviet Union declared illegal under U.S. Act

The respondents were importers of Russian wood from the Soviet Union to United States ports. The stevedores employed to unload the ships in America belonged to the International Longshoremen’s Association (the union). As a protest against the Russian invasion of Afghanistan, the union refused to unload cargoes arriving from or destined for the Soviet Union. As a result, the importers’ shipments and business was disrupted completely.