FOX MIDWEST THEATRES v. MEANS

No. 15068.

221 F.2d 173 (1955)

FOX MIDWEST THEATRES, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Jay MEANS et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

March 29, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. Wilson, Kansas City, Mo. (Colvin A. Peterson, Jr., and Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas, Kansas City, Mo., with him on the brief), for appellants Paramount Film Distributing Corp., et al.

Joseph J. Kelly, Jr., Kansas City, Mo. (Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., with him on the brief), for appellant Fox Midwest Theatres, Inc.

Nick C. Spanos, Los Angeles, Cal., and Wm. G. Boatright, Kansas City, Mo., submitted brief for appellees.

Before SANBORN, JOHNSEN and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

Appellees are the owners and operators of the Oak Park Theatre, located at 3935 Prospect Avenue, in Kansas City, Missouri.

In 1951, they had made claim and threatened suit against the eight major film producers of the country, the producers' subsidiary distributing corporations, and the Fox Midwest Theatres, Inc., an exhibitor, operating several theatres in Kansas City, and being owned and controlled by one of the producers and distributors...

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