Heitkemper v. Central Labor Council
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, John P. Kavanaugh and George W. Stapleton, Judges. In Banc. The plaintiffs are different corporations and firms engaged in selling and engraving jewelry, repairing watches and clocks, and setting and cutting stones and agates, at their respective places of business in the City of Portland.
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From Multnomah: William N. Gatens, John P. Kavanaugh and George W. Stapleton, Judges. In Banc. The plaintiffs are different corporations and firms engaged in selling and engraving jewelry, repairing watches and clocks, and setting and cutting stones and agates, at their respective places of business in the City of Portland. The defendant Local Union No. 41 of the International Jewelry Workers’ Union was and is an organized but unincorporated association of individuals, commonly called a laborers ’ union, having its constitution, rules and regulations by and through which all of the members…
1Opinion of the CourtJohns, J.
Through the candor and frankness of opposing counsel, the vital issues in this case are clearly defined. Under the plaintiffs’ theory, the defendants entered into a conspiracy to compel the plaintiffs to recognize their union, and to that end placed pickets in front of their places of business to drive and keep customers away, by reason of which the plaintiffs suffered material damage. The defendants admit the picketing, but claim that it was peaceable and lawful; that it was done for the protection and furtherance of their own interests; and that they had a right to do it, even though the…
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