DRIVERS UNION v. MEADOWMOOR DAIRIES, CO.

No. 1.

312 U.S. 287 (1941)

MILK WAGON DRIVERS UNION OF CHICAGO, LOCAL 753, ET AL. v. MEADOWMOOR DAIRIES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 10, 1941.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Abraham W. Brussell, with whom Messrs. Joseph A. Padway and David A. Riskind were on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. Myron D. Alexander entered an appearance.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The supreme court of Illinois sustained an injunction against the Milk Wagon Drivers Union over the latter's claim that it involved an infringement of the freedom of speech guaranteed by the Fourteenth Amendment. Since this ruling raised a question intrinsically important, as well as affecting the scope of Thornhill v. Alabama, 310 U...

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