Fred Nann, as President of Local Union No. 3 of the Amalgamated Food Workers, Respondent v. Lasar Raimist, as…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the injunction against the International union’s violent and deceptive conduct but narrowed its scope, holding that equity may restrain unlawful picketing, intimidation, and false statements but cannot prohibit protected speech or impose an overbroad perpetual ban. The court modified the lower court’s decree to limit the picketing prohibition to acts intended to destroy the plaintiff union and to restrict false announcements of a strike.