CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL LABOR UNION v. STEPHENSON

No. A-2322.

225 S.W.2d 958 (1950)

CONSTRUCTION AND GENERAL LABOR UNION, LOCAL NO. 688, et al. v. STEPHENSON.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Rehearing Denied February 1, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mullinax, Wells & Ball, Dallas, L. N. D. Wells, Jr., Dallas, Charles J. Morris, Dallas, for petitioners.

E. Byron Singleton, Amarillo, Singleton, Smyth, Morris, Lockhardt & Edwards, Amarillo, Looney, Clark, & Moorhead, Austin, Everett L. Looney, Edward Clark, R. Dean Moorhead, Austin, for respondent.


HART, Justice.

The question before us is whether a permanent injunction against peaceful picketing can be sustained under Texas statutes when attacked on the ground that it deprives the petitioners of their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The picketing was directed against the respondent, H. I. Stephenson, who is engaged in the house-moving business. He uses special equipment and employs a crew of men who perform all...

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