ACTORS' EQUITY ASS'N v. AMERICAN DINNER THEATRE

Nos. 85-2334, 85-2368.

802 F.2d 1038 (1986)

ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, Appellee, v. AMERICAN DINNER THEATRE INSTITUTE; Firehouse Dinner Theatre; and Richard Mueller, Appellants. ACTORS' EQUITY ASSOCIATION, Appellant, v. AMERICAN DINNER THEATRE INSTITUTE; Firehouse Dinner Theatre; and Richard Mueller, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1986.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren S. Zweiback, Omaha, Neb., for appellants.

Peter R. Meyers, Chicago, Ill., for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges; and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court, granting attorneys' fees to Actors' Equity Association in an action to compel arbitration of a wrongful discharge. The action was based upon § 301 of the Labor-Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND.

On February 1, 1982, appellee, Actors' Equity Association ("Actors") and appellant, American Dinner Theatre Institute ("Theatre") entered...

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