State v. Cooper

The only act committed was peaceful picketing. Defendant did not accost or interfere with any person. He was alone on the street. He was found guilty of disorderly conduct for doing an act which was not unlawful and which he had a right to do.

1. Peaceful picketing is lawful. In Steffes v. Motion Picture M. O. Union, 136 Minn. 200, 202,161 N.W. 524, we held that it was not unlawful in a labor dispute for a picket to walk up and down the street in front of plaintiff's place of business displaying a banner that plaintiff was unfair to organized labor. We said:

"The term 'unfair' as used by…