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UMWA LOCAL 1972 v. DECKER COAL CO.

Nos. 88-42, 88-83.

774 P.2d 1274 (1989)

UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA, LOCAL 1972; United Mine Workers of America International Union; and 91 Individual Citizens of the United States, Appellants (Defendants), v. DECKER COAL COMPANY, a joint venture, Appellee (Plaintiff). UNITED MINE WORKERS OF AMERICA LOCAL UNION 1972 ("UMWA Local 1972"); United Mine Workers of America International Union ("UMWA International"); and 91 Individual Citizens of the United States ("91 Citizens"), Appellants (Defendants), v. DECKER COAL COMPANY, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

May 19, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael K. Shoumacher and Hardy H. Tate, Sheridan, Robert H. Stropp, Jr. of Stropp & Nakamura, Birmingham, Ala., and Thomas E. Towe, Billings, Mont., for appellants in case No. 88-42 and 88-83.

Hayden F. Heaphy, Jr. of Burgess & Davis, Sheridan, Warren L. Tomlinson, Jeffrey T. Johnson, and Sandra R. Goldman of Holland & Hart, Denver, Colo., for appellee in case No. 88-42 and No. 88-83.

Before THOMAS, URBIGKIT, MACY and GOLDEN, JJ., and GUTHRIE, J., Retired.

GOLDEN, Justice.

A parent labor union, its local administrative subsidiary, and ninety union members seek reversal of their contempt convictions arising out of a labor dispute with their employer. The convictions were founded on allegations that the two unions and their individual members violated a preliminary injunction by blocking a state highway to prevent nonunion "replacement" workers from traveling to the employer...

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