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Home Box Off., Inc. v. Directors Guild of Am., Inc., Robert B. Aldrich, Michael H. Franklin, Ernest Ricca & Glenn Gumpel, 708 F.2d 95 (2d Cir. 1983). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
12 citation events (2 in the last 25 years) across 5 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Larson v. Labor & Industry Review Commission (wisctapp, 1994-04-27)
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discussed Cited "see" Larson v. Labor & Industry Review Commission
Wis. Ct. App. · 1994 · signal: see · confidence high
See Home Box Office, Inc. v. Directors Guild of America, Inc., 531 F. Supp. 578, 593-94 (S.D.N.Y. 1982), aff'd, 708 F.2d 95 (2d Cir. 1983). 9 Thus, even though the facts do not show that the crew members could sell their businesses, we consider that factor in light of film industry practices.
cited Cited "see" Local 210, Laborers' International Union of North America v. Labor Relations Division Associated General Contractors
2d Cir. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See 708 F.2d at 95.
cited Cited "see" Local 210, Laborers' International Union of North America v. Labor Relations Division Associated General Contractors of America
2d Cir. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See 708 F.2d at 95
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Horror Inc. v. Miller
D. Conn. · 2018 · signal: see also · confidence low
Fed'n of Musicians of U.S. & Canada v. Carroll , 391 U.S. 99 , 105-06, 88 S.Ct. 1562 , 20 L.Ed.2d 460 (1968) (recognizing that union member musicians could be independent contractors for the purposes of individual commissions as orchestra leaders); see also Home Box Office, Inc. v. Directors Guild of Am., Inc. , 531 F.Supp. 578 , 598-600 (S.D.N.Y. 1982), aff'd , 708 F.2d 95 (2d Cir. 1983) (holding that union member television directors are independent contractors when engaged in certain specific "producer-director" jobs for HBO). 15 Horror and Manny instead attempt *299 a more nuanced argument…
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Home Box Office, Inc.
v.
Directors Guild of America, Inc., Robert B. Aldrich, Michael H. Franklin, Ernest Ricca and Glenn Gumpel
240.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Jun 1, 1983.
708 F.2d 95
Published

708 F.2d 95

136 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2152, 1983-1 Trade Cases 65,423

HOME BOX OFFICE, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC., Robert B. Aldrich, Michael
H. Franklin, Ernest Ricca and Glenn Gumpel,
Defendants-Appellees.

No. 240, Docket 82-7164.

United States Court of Appeals,
Second Circuit.

Argued Oct. 21, 1982.
Decided June 1, 1983.

George C. Gallantz, New York City, (Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn, Bettina Plevan, David Aronson, Bradley Ruskin, John Redpath, Shelley Fischel, New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff-appellant.

Sidney Dickstein, New York City (Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Joel Kleinman, Woody Peterson, Michael Nannes, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before OAKES and WINTER, Circuit Judges, and METZNER, District Judge.[*]

PER CURIAM:

1

The judgment below is affirmed for substantially the reasons given by Judge Sofaer in holding that the actions and agreements of the Guild are protected by the "statutory" and "non-statutory" exemptions of labor union activities from the antitrust laws. Home Box Office, Inc. v. Directors Guild of America, 531 F.Supp. 578 (S.D.N.Y.1982).

*

The Honorable Charles M. Metzner, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, sitting by designation