STATE EX REL. KOPPERS v. INTERN. UNION, ETC.

Nos. 15393, 15394.

298 S.E.2d 827 (1982)

STATE ex rel. KOPPERS CO., INC., etc. v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS, etc., et al., Defendants Below, Kenneth Rhodes. STATE ex rel. KOPPERS CO., INC., etc. v. INTERNATIONAL UNION OF OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS, etc., et al., Defendants Below, Jerald L. Cheek.

Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia.

Dissenting Opinion December 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Pinsky, Wellsburg, William Fahey, Weirton, for appellees.

Patrick Cassidy, Patrick M. Flatley, O'Brien, Cassidy & Gallagher, Wheeling, for appellants.


HARSHBARGER, Justice:

The International Union of Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers, Local Union No. 3-42971's contract with Koppers Co., Inc. expired May 31, 1980. No new agreement was reached, so the union began picketing at Koppers' Follansbee plant on June 1. Koppers convinced a Brooke County Circuit Court judge to issue a temporary injunction on June 9 against mass picketing, traffic or business obstruction, and assaults. Peaceful picketing by four local union...

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