UNIVERSAL FILM EXCHANGES v. SWANSON

Civ. Nos. 1374-1377.

165 F.Supp. 95 (1958)

UNIVERSAL FILM EXCHANGES, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Archie SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. Swanson, Jesse L. Swanson, Peter Swanson, Ralph T. Swanson and Swanson Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants. WARNER BROS. Pictures Distributing Corporation, Plaintiff, v. Archie SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. Swanson, Jesse L. Swanson, Peter Swanson, Ralph T. Swanson and Swanson Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants. PARAMOUNT FILM DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. Archie SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. Swanson, Jesse L. Swanson, Peter Swanson, Ralph T. Swanson and Swanson Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants. RKO RADIO PICTURES, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Archie SWANSON, Mrs. A. P. Swanson, Jesse L. Swanson, Peter Swanson, Ralph T. Swanson and Swanson Enterprises, Inc., a Minnesota corporation, Defendants.

United States District Court D. Minnesota, Fifth Division.

August 8, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neville, Johnson & Thompson, by Bruce F. Thompson, Minneapolis, Minn., Sargoy & Stein, by John F. Whicher, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Manthey, Carey, Manthey, O'Leary & Trenti, by Thomas J. Manthey Sr., and Thomas J. Manthey Jr., Virginia, Minnesota) for defendant Jesse L. Swanson.

Stanley D. Kane, Minneapolis, Minn., for defendants, Mrs. A. P. Swanson, Archie Swanson and Ralph T. Swanson.


DONOVAN, District Judge.

This matter came on for hearing upon defendant Jesse L. Swanson's motions for summary judgment. Plaintiffs seek to recover damages for alleged wrongful acts done pursuant to and in furtherance of a conspiracy. Involved are four separate actions against all of the named defendants. Except as otherwise noted, the court will treat them as one action for the purposes of this Memorandum.

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