Ed Asner’s Suit Against SAG-AFTRA Dismissed

Variety reports:

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed against SAG-AFTRA by Ed Asner and 15 other plaintiffs over alleged mishandling of $132 million in residuals and foreign royalties.

U.S. District Court Judge Manuel Real said in a filing Wednesday that he had granted the union’s dismissal motion, noting that union has been cooperating in providing access to its materials.

“At this point in time it is apparent that SAG-AFTRA is working with plaintiffs to allow them to examine records SAG-AFTRA believes they are entitled to examine,” Real said. “The dispute over such examination is therefore not ‘definite and concrete’ because it is not even clear which books and records, if any, are not being proferred for examination.”

Real had announced on Dec. 23 that he had cancelled a Jan. 6 hearing for oral arguments on motions to dismiss the suit.