Legal Opinion
Ramey Construction Company Inc. v. Local Union No. 544, Painters, Decorators and Paperhangers of America and Its Officers, Agents and Employees
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 31, 1973No. 72-1275PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the legality of common situs picketing conducted by the defendant-union on numerous construction sites in the Amarillo, Texas area. As with all cases of this type, we must accommodate two important yet often sharply conflicting values of national labor law and policy — the right of a union to strike, and the right of a neutral employer to be free of secondary pressures. The court below found that the picketing did not violate the National Labor Relations Act and therefore dismissed plaintiffs’ damage claim. We affirm.
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2Cases cited8 opinions
- National Labor Relations Board v. Denver Building & Construction Trades CouncilSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Local 761, International Union of Electrical, Radio & MacHine Workers v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Vulcan Materials Company v. United Steelworkers of America, Afl-Cio, and United Steelworkers of America, Local Union No. 2176Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- National Labor Relations Board v. Dallas General Drivers, Warehousemen & Helpers, Local No. 745, Afl-CioCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1959
- Brown Transport Corporation v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by17 opinions
- United States v. Northside Realty Associates, Inc., and Ed A. IsaksonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, Local No. 433, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- T. W. Helgesen v. International Association of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Ironworkers, Local Union 498Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Linbeck Construction Corporation v. National Labor Relations BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Fidelity Interior Construction, Inc. v. Southeastern Carpenters Regional CouncilCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2012
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