Plant v. Woods
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, by the officers and members “ of the voluntary association known as Union 257, Painters and Decorators of America of Springfield, Massachusetts, which Union is affiliated with a national organization of the same name, with headquarters at Lafayette in the State of Indiana,” against the officers and members “ of the voluntary association known as Union 257, Painters and Decorators of America, which Union is affiliated with a…
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Bill in equity, filed in the Superior Court, by the officers and members “ of the voluntary association known as Union 257, Painters and Decorators of America of Springfield, Massachusetts, which Union is affiliated with a national organization of the same name, with headquarters at Lafayette in the State of Indiana,” against the officers and members “ of the voluntary association known as Union 257, Painters and Decorators of America, which Union is affiliated with a national organization of the same name, with headquarters at Baltimore in the State of Maryland,” to restrain the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
This case arises out of a contest for supremacy between two labor unions of the same craft, having substantially the same constitution and by-laws. The chief difference between them is that the plaintiff union is affiliated with a national organization having its headquarters in Lafayette in the State of Indiana, while the defendant union is affiliated with a similar organization having its headquarters in Baltimore in the State of Maryland. The plaintiff union was composed of workmen who in 1897 withdrew from the defendant union.
There does not appear to be anything illegal in the object of…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Walker v. CroninMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
- Vegelahn v. GuntnerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1896
- Carew v. RutherfordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1870
- Bohn Manufacturing Co. v. HollisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- State v. StewartSupreme Court of Vermont · 1887
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- Louis Kamm, Inc. v. FlinkSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1934
- Pickett v. WalshMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1906
- Beardsley v. . KilmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Berry v. DonovanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1905
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