Siddiq Frazier v. the State of Texas

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that state tort claim for wrongful interference with a lawful business relationship was not preempted where there were threats of violence
• upholding state-court jurisdiction of a common-law tort action against a union to recover compensatory and punitive damages for malicious interference with the plaintiffs lawful occupation
• affirming punitive damage award based on coercive and violent conduct during picketing that prevented non-striking employee from entering workplace
• punitive damages are a “well-settled” form of relief under state law and may apply to unions
• state cause of action for compensatory and punitive damages for wrongful interference with lawful occupation deemed not preempted by the National Labor Relations Act
• application of state law would declare picketing unlawful insofar as it was conducted violently, without reaching union’s labor objective

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).