Legal Opinion
KENTUCKY STATE AFL-CIO v. Puckett
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided May 28, 1965PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
This, appeal is from a judgment upholding the validity of a “right-to-work” ordinance of the City of Shelbyville. Appellants are labor organizations and certain members and officers thereof, who had sought a judgment declaring the ordinance to be unconstitutional.
The significant provision of the ordinance is:
“ * * * the right of persons to work shall not be denied or abridged on account of membership or nonmem-bership in, or conditioned upon payments to, any labor union, or labor organization; * * *.”
In substance the ordinance (for violation of which penalties are…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Retail Clerks International Ass'n, Local 1625 v. SchermerhornSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Chavez v. SargentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Cornell v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1959
- Thomas E. Basham Co. v. LucasDistrict Court, W.D. Kentucky · 1927
- Painter's Local Union No. 567 of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators & Paperhangers v. Tom Joyce Floors, Inc.Nevada Supreme Court · 1965
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers International Union v. Mobil Oil Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- New Mexico Federation of Labor v. City of ClovisDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1990
- United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Local 3047 v. Hardin CountyCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2016
- National Labor Relations Board v. Pueblo of San JuanDistrict Court, D. New Mexico · 1998
- Payne v. PetrieCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1967
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