United Mine Workers of America v. Arkansas Oak Flooring Co.

HOOD, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this suit against Arkansas Oak Flooring Company and its surety, S. C. Griffith, to recover damages alleged to have resulted from the erroneous issuance of an injunction restraining members of plaintiff union from picketing the premises of the defendant company. This proceeding is an aftermath of Arkansas Oak Flooring Co. v. United Mine Workers, 227 La. 1109, 81 So.2d 413, in which the United States Supreme Court finally held that a state court could not enjoin peaceful picketing under the circumstances therein presented. See United Mine Workers v. Arkansas Oak…