WILLIAM GOLDMAN THEATRES v. KIRKPATRICK

No. 9092.

154 F.2d 66 (1946)

WILLIAM GOLDMAN THEATRES, Inc., v. KIRKPATRICK et al., Judges (LOEW'S, Inc., et al., Interveners).

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Gray, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Francis T. Anderson, Robert Dechert, and Barnes, Dechert, Price and Smith, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for Goldman Theatres.

Miles W. Kirkpatrick, of Philadelphia, Pa., for respondent.

Morris Wolf, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Louis J. Goffman and George Wharton Pepper, both of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for intervenors Warner Bros. Pictures et al.

William A. Schnader, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Bernard G. Segal, Joseph S. Lord, III, both of Philadelphia, Pa., and Schnader, Kenworthey, Segal & Lewis, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for intervenors Loew's et al.

Before BIGGS and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges, and LEAHY, District Judge.


BIGGS, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner seeks a writ of mandamus to compel the respondents to vacate an order entered on December 6, 1945 referring the case of William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Loew's Inc., Paramount Pictures, Inc., et al., 54 F.Supp. 1011 on the docket of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, to a special master and refusing to the petitioner a jury trial on the issue...

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