ARTHUR v. ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK

No. 67-Civ. 3828.

278 F.Supp. 400 (1967)

Lawrence ARTHUR, Herbert Bass and Frank Miller, Plaintiffs, v. ASSOCIATED MUSICIANS OF GREATER NEW YORK, LOCAL 802, AFM and American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

On Reargument January 10, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGoldrick, Dannett, Horowitz & Golub, New York City, by Emanuel Dannett and Jacob Silverman, New York City, of counsel, for defendants.

Godfrey P. Schmidt, New York City, for plaintiffs.


CROAKE, District Judge.

MEMORANDUM

This is a motion for a preliminary injunction brought on by Order to Show Cause. Plaintiffs are professional musicians known as "sidemen." A sideman is a musical freelancer who makes himself available for specific, short-term engagements on a random basis rather than undertaking steady employment with a band or orchestra. Name orchestra leaders are thus free to play single engagements as frequently or infrequently as they...

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