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Article: Previant influenced nation's labor law in '50s
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- August 14, 1996
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David Previant, a former chief lawyer for the Teamsters Union who
helped shape national labor law in the 1950s and '60s, died Saturday.
He gained national fame in 1950 when he won a landmark case for
Milwaukee streetcar and bus drivers. In that case, the U.S. Supreme
Court declared that state law barring strikes in public utilities
was unconstitutional. He won at least nine cases before the Supreme
Court during his career.
He had the exceptional record of winning two cases before the
Supreme Court in its 1962-'63 term and three cases before the court
the next term.
Jimmy Hoffa chose Previant to lead the Teamsters Union's legal
effort. The men were friends, but the corruption and scandals of ...