finding statutory language "a national recognized union” unconstitutionally vague and citing with approval In re Peppers, 189 Cal. 682, 209 P. 896, 897 (1922) "wherein an act providing that 'oranges ... shall be considered unfit for shipment when frosted to the extent of endangering the reputation of the citrus industry' was struck down as uncertain because it provided no standard upon which the shipper could determine whether he was violating the act”
How later courts described this case
- finding statutory language "a national recognized union” unconstitutionally vague and citing with approval In re Peppers, 189 Cal. 682, 209 P. 896, 897 (1922) "wherein an act providing that 'oranges ... shall be considered unfit for shipment when frosted to the extent of endangering the reputation of the citrus industry' was struck down as uncertain because it provided no standard upon which the shipper could determine whether he was violating the act”
- describing Article XII, Sec. 19 as "one of the basic freedoms vouched safe [sic] by our state constitution," which "complements and makes more meaningful the other rights guaranteed as part of our constitutional liberties"
- describing Article XII, § 19 as "one of the basic freedoms vouched safe [sic] by our state constitution," which "complements and makes more meaningful the other rights guaranteed as part of our constitutional liberties”
- finding statutory language "a national recognized union” unconstitutionally vague
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The opinion
HENRIOD, Justice.
I concur for the reason that the language of the act is so loose as to make it impossible for union agents, public prosecutors, those taking employment at a struck plant, or anyone else, definitely to determine who might or might not be violator or victim in instances where the question of strikebreaking arises. Upon careful analysis, the statute conceivably could be an instrument of embarrassment and oppression to union member and strikebreaker alike, if either made an erroneous interpretation of the wording of the statute.