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EX PARTE PURVIS

No. 78-784.

382 So.2d 512 (1980)

Ex parte James R. PURVIS. In re Criminal Contempt Prosecution against James R. PURVIS, arising out of the Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham, a public corporation v. LOCAL UNION NO. 1317, LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, etc.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 11, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Dawson, Birmingham, for petitioner.

Sydney F. Frazier, Jr., of Cabaniss, Johnston, Gardner, Dumas & O'Neal, Birmingham, for respondent.

EMBRY, Justice.

This petition for writ of habeas corpus arises out of a strike against The Water Works Board of the City of Birmingham by hourly employees of that Board. The petition was filed on behalf of James R. Purvis after he was incarcerated under a sentence of criminal contempt by the Circuit Court of Jefferson County. The contempt sentence was based on Purvis' violation of a temporary restraining order enjoining the strike and all picketing activities against...

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