COLE v. ARKANSAS

No. 62.

338 U.S. 345 (1949)

COLE ET AL. v. ARKANSAS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 5, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Harris argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief was Arthur J. Goldberg.

Jeff Duty, Assistant Attorney General of Arkansas, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Ike Murry, Attorney General, and Wyatt Cleveland Holland, Assistant Attorney General.


MR. JUSTICE JACKSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

In December 1945, 112 of the 117 employees of an oil company, including petitioners, went out on strike. About five o'clock one afternoon, petitioners, with several other strikers, assembled near the plant's entrance. Although a picket line was nearby, these men were not a part of it, and there is no suggestion that their acts were attributable either to the regular pickets or to the union representing them....

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