DETROY v. AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS

No. 190, Docket 26548.

286 F.2d 75 (1961)

Gene DETROY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. AMERICAN GUILD OF VARIETY ARTISTS, Joey Adams, as its President and Joe Smith, as its Treasurer, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry M. Katz, New York City (Abbie Goldstein, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Aaron Benenson, New York City (Harold F. Berg, Arnold R. Streit, and Mark K. Benenson, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


LUMBARD, Chief Judge.

The appellant, manager and trainer of a troupe of chimpanzees with which he performs professionally under the name of the "Marquis Family" in theaters, night clubs, circuses, on television, and in motion pictures, instituted this proceeding under § 102 of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C.A. § 412, demanding injunctive relief and damages for an alleged violation of the procedural rights granted union...

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