United Food & Commercial Workers International Union v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

In this appeal, a labor union seeks dismissal of an employer’s state law claims for trespass and nuisance on grounds of federal preemption. The employer, on the other hand, seeks to uphold an injunction to prohibit the labor union from holding demonstrations about the employer’s employment conditions on the employer’s private property. United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (“UFCW”), petitioner, is a labor union that represents grocery, retail, meatpacking, and food-processing workers. The other petitioners are a subsidiary of UFCW known as the Organization United for Respect…