Keuffel & Esser v. International Ass'n of Machinists

As has been pointed out it is in effect admitted that the “picketing” in this case abounded in almost all conceivable elements of intimidation, but it is urged that these elements might have been, although they in fact were not, absent, and that, therefore, “picketing” as such should not have been enjoined. This contention raises in my mind the query, “What is the essential and fundamental purpose and effect of ‘picketing’ as practiced in strike controversies?” for, obviously, it is the intended and actual consequence of the practice which is decisive rather than the ordinary meaning of the…