Lemuel Shaw

Events

1

Episodes

1

Years

1842

Every event in Historedia whose sources name Lemuel Shaw, with the role they cite and all of that event’s episodes. This is not a biography, and mentions are grouped by name, so two people with the same name can share this page.

Events and episodes

1. Massachusetts Supreme Court legalizes strikes and unions (Commonwealth v. Hunt)

   1842

   Role: Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

   1. 1March 1842 · BostonShaw Ruling

      Chief Justice Lemuel Shaw ruled in March 1842 that labor combinations were legal if organized for legal purposes and means.

Sources

1. Commonwealth v. Hunt Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-02