SEARS, ROEBUCK v. CARPET LAYERS

No. 476.

397 U.S. 655 (1970)

90 S.Ct. 1299

25 L.Ed.2d 637

SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. v. CARPET, LINOLEUM, SOFT TILE & RESILIENT FLOOR COVERING LAYERS, LOCAL UNION NO. 419, AFL-CIO, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 27, 1970


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard C. Smetana argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Alan Raywid.

David S. Barr argued the cause for respondent union. With him on the brief was Philip Hornbein, Jr. Dominick L. Manoli argued the cause for respondent the Regional Director of the National Labor Relations Board. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Griswold, Joseph J. Connolly, Arnold Ordman, and Norton J. Come.

Briefs of amici curiae urging reversal were filed by Brice I. Bishop and Phil B. Hammond for the American Retail Federation, and by Jerry Kronenberg and Charles C. Kieffer for the Terminal Freight Handling Co. et al.

J. Albert Woll, Laurence Gold, and Thomas E. Harris filed a brief for the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations as amicus curiae urging affirmance.


PER CURIAM.

The petitioner, Sears, Roebuck and Company (Sears), filed a charge with the NLRB Regional Director, alleging that the respondent union was engaged in unlawful secondary picketing of the petitioner's premises in violation of § 8 (b) (4) (B) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended.1 The Regional Director investigated the charge and, finding there was reasonable cause to believe it was true, issued an unfair labor...

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