BALL v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES

No. 2963.

57 F.Supp. 505 (1944)

BALL v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, Inc., et al.

District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

November 8, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rawle & Henderson, of Philadelphia, Pa., and Roy G. Bostwick, Lee W. Eckels, and Thorp, Bostwick, Reed & Armstrong, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for complainant.

Schnader, Kenworthey, Segal & Lewis, and Bernard G. Segal, all of Philadelphia, Pa., and James J. Leyden, of Pittsburgh, Pa., for Paramount Pictures, Inc., Paramount Film Distributing Corporation, R. K.O. Radio Pictures, Inc., and Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation.

John G. Buchanan, Allen Robinson, and Smith, Buchanan & Ingersoll, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for Loews, Inc.

James H. Beal and Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for respondent Pennware Theatre Corporation.

Thompson Bradshaw, of Beaver, Pa., for respondent A. N. Notopoulos.


SCHOONMAKER, District Judge.

On Motion of Paramount Pictures, Inc., to Dismiss Complaint as to it for Lack of Jurisdiction as to That Company.

On October 24, 1944, defendant Paramount Pictures, Inc., filed a motion to dismiss the complaint, or in lieu thereof, to quash the service of summons on that company on the ground: (1) that defendant is a New York corporation, and has neither an agent nor transacts business in Pennsylvania; and (2) that defendant has...

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