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Kidd Of The Amalgamated Woodworkers Case Analysis

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To that end, in 1898, Darrow accepted the defense of Thomas I. Kidd of the Amalgamated Woodworkers’ International Union. Kidd was charged with criminal activities related to his strike organizing efforts at the Paine Lumber Company in Oak Brook, Illinois. Specifically, Kidd was charged with criminal conspiracy to interfere with the business of the lumber company by organizing a strike. In exchange for the AWIU agreeing to publish his closing argument after the trial, Darrow accepted the case for a lower fee (Farrell, 2011).

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