Marine Cooks & Stewards, Afl v. Panama Steamship Company, Ltd.

265 F.2d 780 MARINE COOKS & STEWARDS, AFL, a voluntary association, James O. Willoughby, Virgil Rogers and Willard Richards, Appellants, v. PANAMA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, Ltd., a corporation, et al., Appellees. No. 15637. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. April 6, 1959. J. Duane Vance, Seattle, Wash., for appellants. Summers, Bucey & Howard, Charles B. Howard, Seattle, Wash., John D. Mosser, Portland, Ore., for appellee. Before POPE, HEALY and ORR, Circuit Judges. ORR, Circuit Judge. 1 Upon the complaint of appellees the trial court issued an order enjoining appellants from conducting certain alleged picketing activities. On the appeal lodged in this court we have had two hearings. 2 At the first hearing appellants rested their contentions on lack of jurisdiction of the trial court to issue the temporary injunction because of the prohibition contained in the Norris-LaGuardia Act, 47 Stat. 70 (1932), 29 U.S.C.A. 101 et seq. (1956). 3 On the second hearing their contention was broadened to include an assertion of a lack of statutory basis for the district court to consider this action at all on the civil side either as to the injunction or the claim for damages, which…