240 | 2d Cir. | Jun 1, 1983
708 F.2d 95" court="2d Cir." date_filed="1983-06-01" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/home-box-office-inc-v-directors-guild-of-america-inc-robert-b-aldrich-michael-h-franklin-ernest-ricca-and-glenn-gumpel-419150?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="419150">708 F.2d 95
136 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2152" court="2d Cir." date_filed="1983-06-01" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/home-box-office-inc-v-directors-guild-of-america-inc-8917036?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="8917036">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:
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" court="S.D.N.Y." date_filed="1982-02-02" href="https://app.midpage.ai/document/home-box-office-inc-v-directors-guild-of-america-inc-2392159?utm_source=webapp" opinion_id="2392159">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