Legal Opinion

Phar-Mor, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union Local 1776

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 20, 1995PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Phar-Mor, Inc. failed to establish any of the prerequisites under the Labor Anti-Injunction Act, 43 P.S. § 206a et seq., necessary to grant injunctive relief. The record in this case demonstrates that Phar-Mor sought to enjoin nothing more than peaceable leafletting and brief contacts with its employees by union agents. The trial court properly found that the union’s activities did not fall within the narrowly circumscribed exceptions in § 206 under which injunctive relief may be granted.

The Labor Anti-Injunction Act deprives the courts of this…

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2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  2. Kaiser Aetna v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of CarpentersSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  4. Gwinn v. KaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  5. Wilkes-Barre Independent Co. v. Newspaper Guild, Local 120Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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