Rebecca Karney and Johnny Miller v. the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations and Todd Smith, and Darryl…

Summary

The court held that the statutory prohibition against "picketing of any kind" unconstitutionally restricted public employees' speech about matters of public concern when the picketing did not impede governmental efficiency. It severed that phrase, upheld the remaining restrictions on strikes and picketing over internal personnel matters, and affirmed a permanent injunction limited to unobtrusive picketing during the ongoing labor negotiations.