Cameron v. International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employes

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Heher, J.

Our reversal of the final decree originally entered was predicated upon the holding that the classification of the union membership as “seniors” and “juniors,” and the underlying provisions designed to give the former preference in employment, constituted an arbitrary and capricious discrimination between the members of the union in respect of equality of opportunity to work, and a deprivation of the “junior” members’ fundamental rights of liberty and property, in contravention of public policy. 118 N. J. Eq. 11. Upon the filing of the…