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


231 F.Supp. 845 (1964)

Ben CUTLER, Dan Terry, Ralph Flanagan, Marty Levitt, Vic Ash, Claude Garreau (d/b/a Allen Meritt), and Angie Bond, et al., Plaintiffs, v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSICIANS OF the UNITED STATES AND CANADA and Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

June 17, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Godfrey P. Schmidt, New York City, Anthony J. Shovelski, Andrew P. O'Rourke, New York City, of counsel, for plaintiffs.

McGoldrick, Dannett, Horowitz & Golub, New York City, Emanuel Dannett, Herbert D. Schwartzman, Eugene Mittelman, New York City, of counsel, for defendant American Federation of Musicians of United States and Canada.

Ashe & Rifkin, New York City, David I. Ashe, New York City, of counsel, for defendant Associated Musicians of Greater New York, Local 802.


LEVET, District Judge.

Plaintiffs presently seek to establish "defendants' liability for the legal fees of, * * * Godfrey P. Schmidt," their attorney. The disposition of the present motion can be adequately understood only with a knowledge of the entire course of litigation between these plaintiffs and defendants.

The plaintiff Ben Cutler together with many of his co-plaintiffs in this and a variety of actions are members of the defendant unions and orchestra...

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