Legal Opinion
Yankee Network, Inc. v. Gibbs
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 1, 1936PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQua, J.
The plaintiff operates a chain of broadcasting stations. The defendants are the officers and members of “Local No. 9,” which is located in Boston and is affiliated with and forms part of the American Federation of Musicians. The primary purpose of the suit is to restrain the defendants from interfering with the conducting of an orchestra by one Kendis in the plaintiff’s studio.
For about eighteen months prior to April 1, 1935, the officials of the local had been endeavoring to induce the plaintiff to employ a “house orchestra,” so called, but the plaintiff had refused to do so, because it was…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Plant v. WoodsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Burnham v. DowdMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1914
- MacLeod v. DavisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Boylston Housing Corp. v. O'TooleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1947
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