What is BOYCOTT? Definition of BOYCOTT in Black's Law Dictionary
A conspiracy or confederation to prevent the carrying on of business, or to injure the business of any one by preventing potential customers from doing business with him or employing the representatives of said business, by threats, intimidation, coercion, etc. Dick v. Northern Pac. Ry. Co., 86 Wash. 211, 150 P. 8, 12, Ann.Cas.1917A, 638; Hailey v. Brooks, Tex.Civ.App., 191 S.W. 781, 783.
Intimidation and coercion as essential elements. Smythe Neon Sign Co. v. Local Union No. 405 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of Cedar Rapids, 226 Iowa 191, 284 N.W. 126, 130. Labor union members' voluntary determination to refrain from working in erection of materials not bearing union label. Frank Schmidt Planing Mill Co. v. Mueller, Mo.App., 154 S.W.2d 610, 614, 615. Labor union's promulgation of rule prohibiting members from handling and erecting work not bearing union label, Crescent Planing Mill Co. v. Mueller, 234 Mo.App. 1243, 123 S.W.2d 193, 196. The word does not necessarily import illegality, Smythe Neon Sign Co. v. Local Union No. 405 of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers of Cedar Rapids, 226 Iowa 191, 284 N.W. 126, 130.
Primary Boycott
That which occurs when an organized union of employees, by concerted action, ceases dealing with a former employer. Pierce v. Stablemen's Union, Local No. 8760, 156 Cal. 70, 103 P. 325, 327.
Secondary Boycott
A combination to exercise coercive pressure on customers, actual or prospective, to cause them to withhold or withdraw their patronage. Duplex Printing Press Co. v. Deering, 254 U.S. 443, 41 S. Ct. 172, 176, 65 L.Ed. 349, 16 A.L.R. 196. An act which, when committed in concert, may cause such injury to the public, or be so useless or un- fair that these conditions will be decisive as to whether such act is permissible or forbidden. Justin Seubert, Inc., v. Reiff, 98 Misc. 402, 164 N. Y.S. 522, 526.
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