UFCWIU v. WAL-MART STORES

No. 42, Sept. Term, 2016.

162 A.3d 909 (2017)

453 Md. 482

UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, et. al. v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., et. al.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

June 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Argued by George Wiszynski ( Joey Hipolito (UFCW Int'l Union, Washington, DC), on brief, for petitioners.

Argued by Steven D. Wheeless ( Douglas D. Janicik , Steptoe & Johnson LLP, Phoenix, AZ), on brief, Jennifer M. Alexander (Brassel, Alexander & Rice, LLC, Annapolis, MD) on brief, for Respondents.

Elizabeth Gaudio, Esquire , Washington, DC, Andrew Holt, Esquire , Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A., Wilmington, Delaware, for Amicus Curiae National Federation of Independent Business Small Business Legal.

Argued before: Barbera, C.J. Greene, Adkins, McDonald, Watts, Hotten, Getty, JJ.


In this appeal, a labor union seeks dismissal of an employer's state law claims for trespass and nuisance on grounds of federal preemption. The employer, on the other hand, seeks to uphold an injunction to prohibit the labor union from holding demonstrations about the employer's employment conditions on the employer's private property...

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