Construction & General Labor Union, Local No. 688 v. Stephenson

The question before us is whether a permanent injunction against peaceful picketing can be sustained under Texas statutes when attacked on the ground that it deprives the petitioners of their rights under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.

The picketing was directed against the respondent, H. I. Stephenson, who is engaged in the house-moving business. He uses special equipment and employs a crew of men who perform all of the tasks necessary to dismantling and removing a building from one place and transporting it to and setting it up at another location. None of the…