Ward v. Schnurr

How courts have described this case

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• holding that use of the word “traitor” to define a worker who crossed a picket line was not actionable
• holding that, when used in the context of a labor dispute, the epithet \scab\ may not serve as the basis for a cause of action under state libel law
• holding that a union newsletter’s description of a “scab” as a “traitor” could not be construed as a factual assertion
• holding that a union newsletter’s description of a “scab” as a “traitor” could not be construed as a factual assertion
• holding that use of the word “scab,” with a definition that included “traitor,” was “merely rhetorical hyperbole” and was not a basis for a defamation action under federal labor law
• concluding that reference to worker who crossed picket line as “traitor” was not actionable

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