Legal Opinion
Building Service Employees International Union, Local 262 v. Gazzam
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 1950No. 449PublishedCited by 252 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
It is the public policy of the State of Washington that employers shall not coerce their employees’ choice of representatives for purposes of collective bargaining. Do the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Federal Constitution permit the State, in reliance on this policy, to enjoin peaceful picketing carried on for the purpose of compelling an employer to sign a contract with a labor union which coerces his employees’ choice of bargaining representative?
The State answered in the affirmative. An injunction was issued in narrow terms enjoining petitioners “from endeavoring to compel…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Milk Wagon Drivers Union, Local 753 v. Meadowmoor Dairies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- American Federation of Labor v. SwingSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Bakery & Pastry Drivers & Helpers Local 802 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. WohlSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by252 opinions
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- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers v. National Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Local 695 v. Vogt, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Wortex Mills, Inc. v. Textile Workers Union of AmericaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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