2007 Minnesota Statutes

185.18 DEFINITIONS.
    Subdivision 1. Words, terms, and phrases. Unless the language or context clearly indicates
that a different meaning is intended, the following words, terms, and phrases, for the purposes of
sections 185.07 to 185.19, shall be given the meanings subjoined to them.
    Subd. 2. Case which involves or grows out of labor dispute. A case shall be held to
involve or to grow out of a labor dispute when the case involves persons who are engaged in the
same industry, trade, craft, or occupation; or have direct or indirect interests therein; or who are
employees of the same employer; or who are members of the same or an affiliated organization
of employers or employees; whether such dispute is (1) between one or more employers or
associations of employers and one or more employees or associations of employees; (2) between
one or more employers or associations of employers and one or more employers or associations of
employers; or (3) between one or more employees or associations of employees and one or more
employees or associations of employees, or when the case involves any conflicting or competing
interests in a "labor dispute" of "persons participating or interested" therein.
    Subd. 3. Persons participating or interested in labor dispute. A person or association
shall be held to be a person participating or interested in a labor dispute if relief is sought against
the person or association, and if the person or association is engaged in the same industry, trade,
craft, or occupation in which such dispute occurs, or has a direct or indirect interest therein, or
is a member, officer, or agent of any association composed in whole or in part of employers or
employees engaged in such industry, trade, craft, or occupation.
    Subd. 4. Labor dispute. The term "labor dispute" includes any controversy concerning
terms or conditions of employment, or concerning association or representation of persons
in negotiating, fixing, maintaining, changing, or seeking to arrange terms or conditions of
employment, regardless of whether or not the disputants stand in the proximate relation of
employer and employee.
    Subd. 5. Court of the state. The term "court of the state" means any court of the state whose
jurisdiction has been or may be conferred or defined or limited by an act of the legislature.
History: (4260-12) 1933 c 416 s 12; 1986 c 444