AMALGAMATED MEAT CUTTERS AND BUTCHER WORKMEN OF NORTH AMERICA v. Club 167, Inc.

This appeal involves an equity action to restrain defendants from spending or disposing of certain funds and requesting judgment that plaintiffs are the owners of the funds. The trial court granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment. We reverse, but without prejudice to defendants’ right to again assert the defense of res judicata at a later stage in the proceedings.

Plaintiffs are an international union and a local union affiliated with the international union. The local union represented employees of the Swift & Company plant in South St. Paul. Defendants are Club 167, Inc., and its…