F.F. East Co. v. United Oystermen's, C., 19600

Complainant seeks a decree declaring that a certain "closed shop" agreement entered into by it and the defendant Union be canceled as contrary to public policy and, therefore, void. It also seeks incidental relief by way of injunction.

Complainant is engaged in that part of the oyster industry in the Delaware Bay area in New Jersey which has to do with the shucking, packing and marketing of oysters, and for two successive years has signed so-called closed shop agreements with the defendant Union, in both of which the provision with reference to closed shop is:

"It is agreed that all classes of…