Simpkins v. Southwestern Idaho Painters District Council No. 57

McQUADE, Chief Justice.

This appeal requires us to examine the uncertain jurisdictional relationship between state courts and the National Labor Relations Board, in the context of an action for damages and injunctive relief from organizational picketing. To provide a framework for analyzing the jurisdictional. issues, it is important to review current developments in the law of federal preemption.

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The National Labor Relations Act,1 as amended,2 represents an effort by Congress to establish a uniform labor policy implemented by an expert administrative body. Sections 7 and 8 of the Act3 seek to…