Columbia River Packers Assn., Inc. v. Hinton

The petitioner filed a bill for an injunction charging that the respondents attempted to monopolize the fish industry in Oregon, Washington, and Alaska, in violation of the Sherman Act. 26 Stat. 209. The Norris-La Guardia Act declares that no federal court shall, except under certain specified circumstances, have jurisdiction to issue an injunction in any case which involves or grows out of a “labor dispute.” 1 The jurisdictional requirements were not present here. But the District Court held that, since this case did not involve or grow out of a “labor dispute,” these requirements were…