Wilner v. Bless
Cases that cite this one
12 later published cases cite this decision.
- Magill Bros. v. Building Service Employees' International Union (Cal. 1942)
- American Furniture Co. v. I. B. (Wis. 1936)
- Nann v. Raimist (N.Y. 1931)
- West Willow Realty Corp. v. Taylor (New York Supreme Court 1960)
- Meltex, Inc. v. Livingston (New York Supreme Court 1955)
- Montgomery Ward & Co. v. United Retail, Wholesale & Department Store Employees of America (Ill. 1948)
- Carl Ahlers, Inc. v. Papa (Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York 1947)
- Advance Music Corp. v. American Tobacco Co. (New York Supreme Court 1944)
- Angelos v. Mesevich (N.Y. 1943)
- De Agostina v. Holmden (New York Supreme Court 1935)
- A. S. Beck Shoe Corp. v. Johnson (New York Supreme Court 1934)
- Old Investors & Traders Corp. v. Jenkins (New York Supreme Court 1928)
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Opinion of the Court
On the facts as found the signs carried
and circulars distributed by members of defendant’s local did not honestly or fairly state the nature of the labor dispute between the plaintiff and the local; i. e., that plaintiff had refused to renew his contract to employ only members of the defendant’s local; that he had made an agreement with another labor organization to employ its members only for one year and that the term of the contract between plaintiff and defendant’s local had expired.
As the purpose of the dissemination of the false or misleading information was to injure plaintiff’s business and so to coerce him to employ members of the defend *545 ant’s local only, plaintiff was entitled to have them enjoined from proclaiming the existence of a lockout of union labor.
The case does not come within the doctrine that equity will not enjoin the publication of a libel. The acts were wrongfully and continuously done to cause damage to plaintiff by coercive methods. Damage might be difficult of proof and equity will give relief.
The injunction is construed as relating to the findings of fact and directed against the acts therein found.
The judgment should be affirmed, with costs.
His cock, Ch. J., Cardozo, Pound, McLaughlin, Crane, Andrews and Lehman, JJ., concur.
Judgment affirmed.
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