Stillwell Theatre, Inc. v. Kaplan
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Judgments unanimously affirmed, with costs. The evidence amply justified the finding that the Empire State Motion Picture Operators Union, Inc., is a Iona fide labor union; that there were valid, binding and subsisting contracts of employment for definite periods of time between the plaintiffs and that union at the time the defendant conducted its picketing of the theatres of the plaintiffs, and that this picketing was conducted with knowledge on the part of the defendant of the existence of such contracts. Such orderly picketing with truthful placards was wrongful, although the means…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Hornstein v. PodwitzNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Altman v. SchlesingerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1923
- Roosevelt Amusement Corp. v. Empire State Motion Picture Operators Union, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1930
- Stillwell Theatre, Inc. v. KaplanNew York Supreme Court · 1931
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- Esco Operating Corp. v. KaplanNew York Supreme Court · 1932