Campbell v. Motion Picture Machine Operators
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,100 and to restrain Motion Picture Machine Operators Union of Minneapolis, Local 219, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes of the United States and Canada, a trade union, also Trades and Labor Assembly of Minneapolis and Hennepin county, and others, from conspiring to restrain the patronage and trade of plaintiff’s Wonderland Theater by picketing or otherwise or publishing that plaintiff’s theatre…
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Action in the district court for Hennepin county to recover $1,100 and to restrain Motion Picture Machine Operators Union of Minneapolis, Local 219, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes of the United States and Canada, a trade union, also Trades and Labor Assembly of Minneapolis and Hennepin county, and others, from conspiring to restrain the patronage and trade of plaintiff’s Wonderland Theater by picketing or otherwise or publishing that plaintiff’s theatre was unfair to organized labor and should not be patronized. Judgment was entered in favor of plaintiff. The return of an…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, C.
This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Henne-pin county adjudging defendants Stevens, Sinton, Thompson and Cramer guilty of contempt in wilfully disobeying an injunction issued by that court.
Proceedings against persons charged with contempt of court are of two classes: Those prosecuted to maintain and vindicate the authority of the court; and those prosecuted to make effective the remedy given to a private party. Proceedings of the first class are purely penal in their nature and their purpose is to enforce obedience to lawful authority in the interest of the…
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