SAN DIEGO UNIONS v. GARMON

No. 66.

359 U.S. 236 (1959)

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

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Marion B. Plant argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was James W. Archer.

J. Albert Woll and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

Solicitor General Rankin, at the invitation of the Court, 358 U.S. 801, filed a brief for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE FRANKFURTER delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is before us for the second time. The present litigation began with a dispute between the petitioning unions and respondents, co-partners in the business of selling lumber and other materials in California. Respondents began an action in the Superior Court for the County of San Diego, asking for an injunction and damages. Upon hearing, the trial court found the following facts. In March of 1953...

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