Irving v. Joint Dist. Council of New York & Vicinity of United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America & Amalgamated Society of Carpenters & Joiners
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
In Equity. Bill by Charles R. Irving and another, partners as Irving & Casson, against the Joint District Council of New York and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and the Amalgamated Society of Carpenters and Joiners of America and others. On motion to continue a restraining order as a temporary injunction.
1Opinion of the Court
WARD, Circuit Judge.
This is a motion to continue in the form of a preliminary injunction a restraining order heretofore granted. It involves the question how far labor organizations, and their officers and members, can go to compel an employer of labor to maintain a closed shop; that is, to employ union labor only. Upon this argument the jurisdiction of the court is rested upon the difference of citizenship of the parties only.
The complainants are copartners, citizens of Massachusetts. The defendants are: (1) The Joint District Council of New York and Vicinity of the United Brotherhood of…
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