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Sears, Roebuck & Co. V. San Diego County District Council Of Carpenters: Garmon Reconsidered And The Reaffirmation Of Property Rights, Keith Barker

University of Richmond Law Review

Sears, Roebuck & Co. v. San Diego County District Council of Carpenters resolves the problem of a jurisdictional hiatus facing an employer when a union's peaceful picketing on his property is within the ambit of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA or the Act). Prior to the Sears decision, the right of the states to enjoin labor union picketing on an employer's private property, when the union's picketing was arguably protected and arguably prohibited, was uncertain. As a rule, conduct which is arguably protected under the Act or arguably prohibited under the Act, with few exceptions, cannot be the subject …