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Show 1 Supreme Court Rules Against Labor Unions JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.. April 2. The supreme court of Missouri rule 1 against the right of a labor union to picket a place of business, In nn opinion opin-ion handed down hero. The Issue was by John E. Hughes, operating tho .Eastern Thoutor company com-pany In Kanwis City, after ho had i been refused a permanent Injunction against the Kunsns City Motion 1'ic-I 1'ic-I lure Operators' union by the circuit . court In Kansas City to prevent thu picketing of his establluhment. j Jn rendering the decision the 3U- premo court overruled the lower coud and directed that the plaintiff be granted a permanent injunction. The opinion was rendered by Judge j Guode, Judges Graves. Woodson and Williamson concurring. "The fundamental error consists in the assumption that all measui.s that may be resorted to arc lawiul, If they arc peaceable, that is, if they stop short of violence or coercion through It," the opinion states. "In our opinion, any violation of the plaintiff's legal right, contrived by the defendant for the purpose of inflicting in-flicting damage or having that as a necessary effect, is as plainly Inhibited Inhibit-ed by the law as a breach of the peace." Judges Blair, Walker and Will5ama dissented. I |