Legal Opinion

In Re Green

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided May 21, 1962No. 312PublishedCited by 94 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Douglas

Petitioner, a member of the Ohio bar, has been held in contempt of a state court and sentenced to jail and fined. He brought this habeas corpus proceeding in the state courts challenging, inter alia, their jurisdiction to *690punish him for the conduct in question. He was denied relief by the Supreme Court of Ohio on a divided vote, 172 Ohio St. 269, 175 N. E. 2d 59. We granted the petition for certiorari, 368 U. S. 894.

The matter in dispute arose out of a management-labor controversy. The employer sought and obtained from the state court an injunction against picketing. Petitioner had been…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. Textile Workers v. Lincoln Mills of Ala.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. In Re OliverSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Local 174, Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers v. Lucas Flour Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962

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3Cited by94 opinions

  1. Ungar v. SarafiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Walker v. City of BirminghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. United States v. Mark Lawrence AlterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
  4. United States v. Larry Dickinson and Gibbs AdamsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
  5. Commonwealth v. MayberrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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