WIGGINS & CO. v. RETAIL CLERKS UNION, ETC.


595 S.W.2d 802 (1980)

WIGGINS AND COMPANY, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. RETAIL CLERKS UNION LOCAL NO. 1557, AFL-CIO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Denied March 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Rayson, E.H. Rayson, Knoxville, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Kenneth L. Campbell, Nashville, for amicus curiae.

George E. Barrett, Nashville, George R. Murphy, Beth Shulman, Washington, D.C., for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

HARBISON, Justice.

As this case comes before this Court, the only issue is whether or not jurisdiction of the state courts in a trespass-injunction suit has been pre-empted by reason of action taken in a labor dispute by the National Labor Relations Board and now pending review in the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. We are of the opinion that state court jurisdiction has been pre-empted and that the action should be dismissed...

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