Orvail Sherman v. American Federation of Musicians, an Unincorporated Association, Defendant

ARTHUR J. STANLEY, Jr., Senior District Judge.

This is an appeal from an order dismissing the complaint in an action brought by the plaintiff-appellant, a resident of Oklahoma, against the American Federation of Musicians (AFM). The trial court dismissed the complaint after an evidentiary hearing, having concluded that in personam jurisdiction over AFM was lacking and that venue did not properly lie in the Western District of Oklahoma under either the Labor Management Relations Act, 29 U.S.C. § 185(c), or under the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15, both of which were invoked by the plaintiff. The…