Fairfield Bar & Restaurant, Inc. v. Friedman

Plaintiff, the owner of a restaurant, applies for a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from picketing in front of and in the vicinity of its establishment. The application is made on the conventional papers customarily used on motions for temporary injunctions in equity causes. The defendants claim that the controversy here is a “ labor dispute ” within the meaning of section 876-a of the Civil Practice Act, aud that pursuant to that section the court is precluded from granting injunctive relief upon mere affidavits. Defendants urge that inasmuch as plaintiff has failed to comply…