Schatte

This appeal is from the dismissal of a complaint for failure to state a claim for relief within the jurisdiction of the district court. No diversity of citizenship is alleged.

Appellants are members of Local 946 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, which is affiliated with" the A. F. of L. The employer appellees ¿re major motion picture studios, which manufacture motion pictures for interstate commerce, and the Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc., which is composed of said studiqs. The labor appellees are the International Alliance of Theatrical and Stage Employees* a labor union affiliated with the A. F. of L., hereinafter referred to as the I.A.T.-S.E. and certain of its officers. Many members of the I.A. T.S.E. work in the motion picture studies. Appellants, while employed as carpenters, became involved in a jurisdictional dispute with I.A.T.S.E., refused to perform certain work and were, in effect, discharged. They filed a complaint in the district court on behalf of themselves and the other members of Local 946, persons similarly situated, asking for damages arising from breach of contracts and alleged conspiracies, and other wrongful…