Legal Opinion
Wittstein v. American Federation of Musicians
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided October 28, 1963PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVET, District Judge.
These consolidated actions are brought by members of the defendant unions challenging certain recent fiscal enactments of both the parent Federation and its Local 802. The complaint in Wittstein challenges the procedure at the Federation’s recent annual convention by which a resolution was enacted, purporting to abolish the so-called 10;% traveling surcharge tax and substituting therefor an increase in the per capita dues of members of the Federation. The complaint in Schwartz is framed in two counts, the second of which is substantially identical to the cause of action…
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3Cited by7 opinions
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