United Mine Workers of America, Local 1972 v. Decker Coal Co.

GOLDEN, Justice.

A parent labor union, its local administrative subsidiary, and ninety union members seek reversal of their contempt convictions arising out of a labor dispute with their employer. The convictions were founded on allegations that the two unions and their individual members violated a preliminary injunction by blocking a state highway to prevent nonunion “replacement” workers from traveling to the employer’s coal mine and by damaging the employer’s pickup truck. The district court fined each union member $100 and suspended the fines on the condition that they would not further…