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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)

Citation
State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)
Parent Document
State Ex Rel. Girard v. Percich, 557 S.W.2d 25 (1977)
Jurisdiction
Missouri (state)
Effective Date
1977-08-30

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Mr. Henkle, operator of Shirley’s Package Liquor Store in St. Louis County, in an attempt to secure Anheuser-Busch products for his store, went to Grey Eagle on May 21, 1976 in a rented truck with his part-time employee, Harrison Richards. They crossed a picket line to enter Grey Eagle premises and did so without incident. After loading the truck with beer they left and proceeded up Millpark Avenue, the dead end street which serves as the only route of egress from Grey Eagle. Henkle and Harrison passed the pickets at the Grey Eagle gate, once again without incident. When they approached the stop sign at the corner of Millpark Avenue and Dorsett Road (approximately two blocks from the Grey Eagle facilities), two automobiles operated by unidentified persons pulled in front of them and blocked their path. A gaggle of ten to twelve strikers approached the truck, informed the occupants they had crossed their picket line and told them to “take the beer back” for a refund. The strikers’ demand was tractably complied with and the beer was returned. When Henkle and Harrison departed again the strikers flagged them down at the same intersection and inspected the truck to confirm that all of the beer had been unloaded. No vehicles obstructed their path on this second occasion. There was no explicit oral threat of violence communicated in either incident, and the conversation between the parties was described as peaceful.