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OIL WORKERS UNIONS v. MISSOURI

No. 42.

361 U.S. 363 (1960)

80 S.Ct. 391

4 L.Ed.2d 373

LOCAL NO. 8-6, OIL, CHEMICAL AND ATOMIC WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION, AFL-CIO, ET AL. v. MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mozart G. Ratner argued the cause for appellants. With him on the brief was Morris J. Levin.

Robert R. Welborn, Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, argued the cause for appellee. With him on the brief was John M. Dalton, Attorney General of Missouri.

I. J. Gromfine, Bernard Cushman, Herman Sternstein and Justus R. Moll filed a brief for the Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America, AFL-CIO, as amicus curiae, in support of appellants.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court of Missouri affirming a decree which enjoined the appellants from continuing a strike against a St. Louis public utility. The judgment upheld the constitutionality of certain provisions of a Missouri law, commonly known as the King-Thompson Act, which authorizes the Governor on behalf of the State to take possession of and operate a public utility affected...

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