Emde v. San Joaquin County Central Labor Council

During a labor dispute between George W. Emde and Lois E. Marshall, the owners of a dairy business, and Teamsters’ Local No. 439, the Stockton Labor Journal published an article stating that, because of a violation of their contract with the teamsters’ union, the employers had been placed upon the “We Don’t Patronize” list. Certain labor organizations and their officers, against whom compensatory and punitive damages were awarded, assert that they had nothing to do with the publication of the article. As additional grounds for reversal of the judgment, they and the owners of the newspaper,…