Sangamo Electric Co. v. United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE SIMKINS

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an interlocutory appeal from the entry of a preliminary injunction against the defendants, who, at the time the injunction was issued, were striking plaintiff’s plant. The questions raised on appeal are whether it was improper for the trial court to issue the preliminary injunction without notice and without requiring plaintiff to post a bond. We reverse.

The defendant union went on strike on or about February 17, 1975. Beginning April 16, 1975, picket lines at the Sangamo plant were composed of large numbers of people who…