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Perspective

Aug. 31, 2012

Employer denied protection from picket line misconduct

The Supreme Court has repeatedly declared that trial courts are required to enjoin picket line violence and intimidation. By William J. Emanuel and Vartan S. Madoyan of Littler Mendelson PC


By William J. Emanuel and Vartan S. Madoyan


Once again, a trial court has denied an employer's right to be protected from picket line misconduct that the state Supreme Court and appellate courts have repeatedly condemned as "unlawful" and a "weapon of illegal coercion."


In Anheuser-Busch v. Teamsters, No. RIC 1210032 (Riverside Super. Ct., filed July 17, 2012), the employer sought injunctive relief against a union ...

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