Annenberg

*640 Opinion

Defendants appeal from an order granting a preliminary injunction enjoining all picketing of plaintiff’s private residence.

Plaintiff is a man of considerable wealth and prominence—currently, Ambassador to the Court of Saint James. He maintains a vacation home in the Palm Springs area which home is located on his own private eighteen-hole championship golf course. He employs a permanent staff of 38 persons of which 15 are gardeners or greenskeepers on the golf course. He has a private security force of eight. The entire estate is enclosed by a chain link fence. His guests include persons of such public stature as Presidents of the United States, governors, senators, cabinet members, and individuals prominent in the entertainment world.

Defendant union, as collective bargaining agent representing plaintiff’s greenskeepers, instituted a strike and placed pickets at the entrance of the estate. On a proper and adequate showing that the picketing involved disturbances, coercion and harassment, a temporary restraining order issued limiting the number and location of pickets and restraining all disturbances, coercion and harassment. After the temporary restraining order…