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HUGHES v. SUPERIOR COURT

No. 61.

339 U.S. 460 (1950)

HUGHES ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF CALIFORNIA FOR CONTRA COSTA COUNTY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 8, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bertram Edises argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioners.

Frank S. Richards argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Hugh T. Fullerton.

Briefs of amici curiae supporting petitioners were filed by Arthur J. Goldberg for the Congress of Industrial Organizations; Robert L. Carter and Thurgood Marshall for the National Association for Advancement of Colored People; and Arthur Garfield Hays and Osmond K. Fraenkel for the American Civil Liberties Union.

MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Does the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution bar a State from use of the injunction to prohibit picketing of a place of business solely in order to secure compliance with a demand that its employees be in proportion to the racial origin of its then customers? Such is the broad question of this case.

The petitioners, acting on behalf of a group calling themselves Progressive Citizens of America...

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