International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 695 v. Vogt, Inc.

This is one more in the long series of cases in which this Court has been required to consider the limits imposed by the Fourteenth Amendment on the power of a State to enjoin picketing. The case was heard below on the pleadings and affidavits, the parties stipulating that the record contained “all of the facts and evidence that would be adduced upon a trial on the merits . . . Respondent owns and operates a gravel pit in Ocono-mowoc, Wisconsin, where it employs 15 to 20 men. Petitioner unions sought unsuccessfully to induce some of respondent’s employees to join the unions and commenced to…