Richman Bros. v. Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America

Plaintiff is The Richman Brothers Company, a corporation, manufacturing men’s clothing at factories in Cleveland, Ohio, and Sturgis, Kentucky, and selling it at 68 retail stores—31 in 16 cities in Ohio and one each in 37 cities in 16 other states. It employs approximately 1,500 manufacturing employees. Its annual purchases from outside Ohio exceed $2,000,000, and it ships goods in excess of $2,000,000 annually to its stores in states outside Ohio. The total annual sales of all stores are in excess of $10,000,000. It is conceded that Rich-man is engaged in interstate commerce.

Defendants are…