Opera on Tour, Inc. v. Weber

The question presented for decision is far reaching and of vital importance to the best interests of unions of employees, of employers and of the general public. The only issue is whether the leaders of the defendant unions were engaged in promoting a lawful labor objective when the Musicians’ Union induced the Stagehands’ Union to join in a combination to destroy an enterprise solely because of the use of machinery in the production of music in place of the employment of live musicians.

There is no issue involved in this case of a possible compromise. The defendant Musicians’ Union refused…