Gidaly

People v. Gidaly

Good Law
35 Cal. App. Supp. 2d 758
Court of Appeal of CaliforniaJuly 18, 1939California6,845 words

Opinion

Opinion

Shaw, P. J.

These two appeals were argued together, they involve different provisions of the same ordinance and some of the points made are applicable to both appeals, so we consider them together.

The complaint in each case charges the defendants therein with violating the Los Angeles city initiative ordinance No. 80170, dealing with picketing, which was before us in People v. Tilkin, (1939) 34 Cal.App.2d Supp. 743 [90 PaCal.2d 148], and each of the complaints was framed in accordance with our decision there, in such form that each presents the question of the validity of a separate set of provisions of this ordinance.

The ordinance contains in section 1 certain definitions, those material here being as follows:

"(a) The term 'to picket' shall mean and include to walk, march, patrol or ride to and fro, back and forth, or in any other repeated or successive or continuous manner, or to stand, sit or remain, in front of, in the vicinity of, or about any place of business, any place of residence, or any of the approaches leading thereto or therefrom."

"(c) The term 'bona fide strike' shall mean and include any cessation of work by at least a majority of all of the bona fide…

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