SAN DIEGO UNIONS v. GARMON

No. 50.

353 U.S. 26 (1957)

SAN DIEGO BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL ET AL. v. GARMON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles P. Scully argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the brief were Walter Wencke, Mathew O. Tobriner and John C. Stevenson.

James W. Archer argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was J. Sterling Hutcheson.

Solicitor General Rankin, Theophil C. Kammholz, Stephen Leonard and Dominick L. Manoli filed a brief for the National Labor Relations Board, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

Herbert B. Cohen, Attorney General, and Oscar Bortner, Assistant Attorney General, filed a brief for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as amicus curiae.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondents are a partnership, operating two retail lumber yards in San Diego County, California. In the year before this proceeding began they purchased more than $250,000 worth of material from outside of California for resale at retail. Petitioner unions asked them to sign a contract including a union shop provision. Respondents refused on the ground that it would be a violation of the National Labor...

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