Wilkes Sportswear, Inc. v. International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union

Opinion by

Me. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

In this case an injunction was issued restraining defendants from picketing plaintiff’s premises and from interfering with its employes in the course of their work. The questions now presented are whether the issuance of the injunction was justified, and whether, even if it were, the injunction should now be dissolved because of the lapse of more than five years since it was issued and the picketing ceased.

*166The proceedings had somewhat of a checkered career in the court below. Judge Lewis, after holding two hearings, issued a preliminary injunction on…