Sydney J. Wood, Doing Business under the Name of 53rd Street Subway Liquor Store v. John M. O'Grady

Summary

The Court reversed the Appellate Division and reinstated the Special Term’s dismissal of the injunction, holding that peaceful organizational picketing in a labor dispute is not an unlawful objective and therefore cannot be enjoined absent proof of substantial and irreparable injury. The decision notes that the Legislature’s policy in section 876‑a of the Civil Practice Act protects such picketing and that the record shows no unlawful purpose.