Weil & Co. v. "John Doe"

The plaintiff’s furniture store is being picketed by members of the defendants’ unions. Admittedly, there is no labor dispute between the plaintiff and its twenty-five clerks. These clerks are members of the Retail Furniture Workers Union, Local 853, affiliated with the C.I.O. — the so-called “ left wing ” of the labor movement. The relations between the plaintiff and its union clerics are harmonious; the latter have no grievance against the former regarding hours, wages or conditions of labor.

The plaintiff, obviously partial to union labor, ordered a neon electric sign for its store and…