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BUILDING CONST. TR. COUNCIL v. AMERICAN BLDRS., INC.

No. 18336.

337 P.2d 953 (1959)

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL, A. F. OF L.; Building Laborers Union, Local No. 578, A. F. of L.; Carpenters Union, Local No. 515, A. F. of L.; Electrical Workers International Brotherhood, Local No. 113, A. F. of L.; Painters Union, Local No. 171, A. F. of L.; Plasterers and Cement Finishers Union, Local No. 149, A. F. of L.; Sheet Metal Workers International Association, Local No. 107, A. F. of L.; Operating Engineers Union, Local No. 9, A. F. of L.; Teamsters Union, Local No. 146, A. F. of L.; Bricklayers and Masons Union, Local No. 4, A. F. of L.; United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry Union, Local No. 58, A. F. of L., Plaintiffs in Error, v. AMERICAN BUILDERS, INC., a Colorado corporation, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

April 13, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hornbein & Hornbein, Roy O. Goldin, Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

Gould, Moch & Schermerhorn, Denver, for defendant in error.

FRANTZ, Justice.

May a state court enjoin a labor union in its resort to coercive measures (striking, peaceful picketing and supplementary activities, in this case) to wring from an employer whose operation affects commerce a closed-shop agreement, and thereby force non-union employees to become members of the union where compliance with such union demands would collide with express prohibitions of the Labor Peace Act (C.R. S. '53, 80-5-1 et seq.) of this state? If...

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