Board of Education of Kankakee School District No. III v. Kankakee Federation of Teachers Local No. 886

Defendants, who are a teachers’ union, and certain of its officers and members, were convicted of criminal contempt for wilfully failing to comply with a temporary restraining order issued against them by the circuit court of Kankakee County. A fine of $12,000 was levied on the union while lesser fines, and in some instances jail sentences of 60 days, were meted out against the individual defendants. They have appealed, raising constitutional questions which serve to invest us with jurisdiction to entertain a direct appeal.

During the month of April, 1969, the Kankakee Federation of Teachers…