International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 903 v. Chain Lighting & Appliance Co.

BROOM, Justice.

State court jurisdiction of a labor dispute was assumed by the Chancery Court of Forrest County, Mississippi, and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 903, appeals. The decree appealed from made permanent a temporary injunction prohibiting the appellants from picketing the place of business of Chain Lighting & Appliance Company. We reverse.

The controlling issue is: Did the lower court have jurisdiction to enjoin peaceful picketing, or had the United States Congress “preempted the field” by enacting the National Labor Relations Act?

Appellee is a Mississippi…