Cohn & Roth Electric Co. v. Bricklayers, Masons & Plasterers Local Union No. 1
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Suit for an injunction to restrain 'the defendants from intimidating by strikes, threats of strikes, boycotts or otherwise, any property-owner, builder, or contractor, for the purpose of inducing the latter to cancel contracts with the plaintiff, which conducted an open-shop, or for the purpose of inducing them to refrain from thereafter employing, or from entering into contracts with, the plaintiff, — brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Shumway,…
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Suit for an injunction to restrain 'the defendants from intimidating by strikes, threats of strikes, boycotts or otherwise, any property-owner, builder, or contractor, for the purpose of inducing the latter to cancel contracts with the plaintiff, which conducted an open-shop, or for the purpose of inducing them to refrain from thereafter employing, or from entering into contracts with, the plaintiff, — brought to and tried by the Superior Court in Hartford County, Shumway, J.; facts found and judgment rendered for the defendants, and appeal by the plaintiff.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, J.
The plaintiff has waived its claim for damages and relies upon its claim for injunctive relief, alleging that the defendant labor unions and the members thereof have combined for the purpose of obtaining a monopoly of all the employment for the members of these local unions in the several building trades in which they are engaged, and for the purpose of excluding from such employment all who are not members.
In furtherance of this purpose and to establish this monopoly the defendants are alleged to have agreed: (1) that no nonunion member shall be employed on any building in Hartford or its…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pickett v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Burnham v. DowdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- Gray v. Building Trades CouncilSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1903
- State v. GliddenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1887
- Connors v. ConnollySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1913
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Alabama State Federation of Labor v. McAdorySupreme Court of Alabama · 1944
- McKay v. Retail Automobile Salesmen's Local Union No. 1067California Supreme Court · 1940
- Pacific Typesetting Co. v. International Typographical UnionWashington Supreme Court · 1923
- Hotel & Restaurant Employees v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
- Booker & Kinnaird v. Louisville Board of Fire UnderwritersCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1920
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