''United States v. United Mine Workers of America'', 330 U.S. 258 (1947), was a case in which the

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examined whether a trial court acted appropriately when it issued a

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to prevent a

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organized by coal miners. In an opinion written by Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson, the Court held that a restraining order and preliminary injunction prohibiting a strike did not violate the

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or the

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,''United Mine Workers'', 330 U.S. at 269. that the trial court was authorized to punish the violation of its orders as criminal

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,''United Mine Workers'', 330 U.S. at 289. and that fines imposed by the trial court were warranted in the situation.

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