International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees & Moving Picture Machine Operators Holding Co.

A dispute over a local union’s real estate investment sets the stage for this appeal. The plot pits the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, its Territories, and Canada Local 500 (Local 500), against the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees and Moving Picture Machine Operators Holding Company, Inc., and its officers (Holding Company). The scene is Local 500’s appeal of a judgment for the Holding Company. It argues the trial court erred in instructing the jury concerning the law on…