Hoffman

Warehousemen’s Union Local 6 appeals from the granting of a temporary injunction on April 4, 1962 in an action brought by the Regional Director of the Twentieth Region of the National Labor Relations Board under Section 10 (J) of the National Labor Relations Act, as amended ( 29 U.S.C.A. § 160 (i)), 1 The complaint charges that the Regional Director has reasonable cause to believe that the union has violated Section 8(b) (4) (i) (ii) (B) of the Act ( 29 U.S.C.A. § 158 (b) (4) (i) (ii) (B)). This is the section prohibiting so-called secondary boycotts. The union appealed on April 5, 1962 and promptly moved this Court for an order staying the injunction. The record on appeal was filed in this Court on April 11, 1962 and both parties on that day filed briefs in which the merits as well as the motion for stay are fully discussed, and the matter was argued on April 12, 1962. At the opening of the oral argument, both parties agreed that, at the conclusion of the argument, the appeal would be submitted for decision on the merits, together with the motion for stay, without the filing of further briefs.

The matter arises out of the fact that the union has for some time been engaged in a…