Carlton v. Musicians Protective Ass'n, Local Number 479

LIVINGSTON, Chief Justice.

Appellants, complainants below, are a husband and wife entertainment duo, specializing in playing songs of many nations and singing in different languages. Because of these talents, they are especially adept at entertaining foreign officers at Maxwell Air Force Base. They came to Maxwell under a union contract which expired when they had been performing there for several weeks. They then entered into a private contract, as distinguished from a union contract, with the officer in charge of the Maxwell Air Force Base Officers’ Mess, Lt. Col. Howard Nicholls, to…