Jones v. Levis

— On April 9, 1948, John Morrell & Company, Ottumwa, Iowa, filed in the Wapello District Court a petition in equity (case No. 20697), in which the United Packing House Workers of America, Local Union No. 1, all of its officers and more than three hundred of its members, including Donald Jones, petitioner herein, were named as defendants. The petition prayed for an injunction, both temporary and permanent, enjoining the defendants from the commission of certain designated acts.

Upon presentation to the court on April 9, 1948, and without notice, an order for the issuance of a temporary…