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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

No. 73-1924.
    Muniz et al. v. Hoffman, Regional Director, National Labor Relations Board.
   C. A. 9th Cir. Certiorari granted limited to Questions 3 and 4 presented by the petition which read as follows:

“3. Whether petitioners, charged with criminal contempt for an alleged violation of an injunction issued under the National Labor Relations Act, are entitled to a trial by jury under 18 U. S. C. § 3692, which provides that alleged contemnors are entitled to a jury trial in all contempt cases ‘arising under the laws of the United States governing the issuance of injunctions or restraining orders in any case involving or growing out of a labor dispute.’
“4. Whether Article III, Section 2 and the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution mandate a jury trial where a penalty of $25,000.00 is assessed against a labor organization in a criminal contempt proceeding.”