LABOR BOARD v. FRUIT PACKERS

No. 88.

377 U.S. 58 (1964)

NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. FRUIT & VEGETABLE PACKERS & WAREHOUSEMEN, LOCAL 760, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 20, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Cox argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Arnold Ordman, Dominick L. Manoli and Norton J. Come.

David Previant argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Hugh Hafer and Richard P. Donaldson.

Alfred J. Schweppe and Mary Ellen Krug filed a brief for the Tree Fruits Labor Relations Committee, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging reversal.

J. Albert Woll, Robert C. Mayer, Theodore J. St. Antoine and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE BRENNAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Under § 8 (b) (4) (ii) (B) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended,1 it is an unfair labor practice for a union "to threaten, coerce, or restrain any person," with the object of "forcing or requiring any person to cease using, selling, handling, transporting, or otherwise dealing in the products of any other producer. . . or to...

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