Hammond Lumber Co. v. Sailors' Union of Pacific
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Proceeding to Punish for Contempt. This is a proceeding to have punished for contempt the respondents hereinafter named, for the alleged violation of certain injunctive orders heretofore granted in the above-entitled cause.
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Proceeding to Punish for Contempt. This is a proceeding to have punished for contempt the respondents hereinafter named, for the alleged violation of certain injunctive orders heretofore granted in the above-entitled cause. The material facts are these: On July 9, 1906, the complainant filed its bill in this court against the Sailors’ Union of the Pacific, Pacific Coast Marine Firemen’s Union, Marine Cooks’ and Stewards’ Association, Andrew Furusoth, Walter McArthur, and a large number of other individuals named therein as defendants, setting up that complainant was engaged in the coast…
1Opinion of the CourtVan Fleet, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). A number of questions have been argued, and the case in all its aspects presented with marked ability and earnestness. The pivotal question, however, by reason of its bearing on the admissibility of certain evidence offered by the petitioner before the examiner, is whether this proceeding, as it affects the rights of the respondents, is lo be regarded on the one hand as criminal and punitive in character, in which the public is interested, or, on the other, as purely civil and remedial, concerning alone the parties to the controversy. This question…
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