Paine Lumber Co. v. Neal
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, dismissing a bill in equity brought by eight corporations, located in other states and engaged in the- manufacture of wood trim used in the erection of buildings.
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Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here on appeal from a decree of the District Court, Southern District of New York, dismissing a bill in equity brought by eight corporations, located in other states and engaged in the- manufacture of wood trim used in the erection of buildings. The defendants are the officers or agents of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, five union manufacturers of wood materials, operating closed shops in competition with complainants’ open shops, and a hundred or more boss carpenters…
1Per curiam
We agree with Judge Mayer that, since it clearly appears — indeed, the .proposition is not disputed — that defendants’ acts were not malicious nor personally directed against the individual complainants, injunctive relief, which is all they pray for, cannot be granted in this suit. The bill was, therefore, properly dismissed. Any discussion of the other questions raised, viz., whether the particular agreements or combinations are obnoxious either to the common law or to-one or more of these statutes would be academic and need not now be entered into.
The decree is affirmed, with costs.
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