STEIN v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF U. S. & CAN.

Civ. A. No. 1731.

183 F.Supp. 99 (1960)

Abe STEIN, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF UNITED STATES AND CANADA, Defendants.

United States District Court M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

April 29, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ward Hudgins, and Harry Lester, Nashville, Tenn., for plaintiff.

Jordan Stokes, III, Nashville, Tenn., and Emanuel L. Gordon, New York City, for defendant.


WILLIAM E. MILLER, District Judge.

This cause is before the Court upon defendant's motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction.1

The primary question, and the one which is dispositive of the motion, is whether the defendant, an unincorporated labor union having the capacity to sue or be sued in its own name, is to be considered a citizen of the state where its principal place of business is located...

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