ADMIRAL THEATRE CORP. v. DOUGLAS THEATRE CO.

Civ. No. 74-0-82.

437 F.Supp. 1268 (1977)

ADMIRAL THEATRE CORPORATION, a Nebraska Corporation, Benson Drive-In Corp., a Nebraska Corporation, and the Chief Theatre Corp., a Nebraska Corporation, Plaintiffs, v. The DOUGLAS THEATRE COMPANY, a corporation, Russell Brehm, an Individual, J. S. B. Amusement Corporation of Nebraska, a corporation, Sarge Dubinsky, an Individual, Irwin Dubinsky, an Individual, Mann Theatres Corporation of California, a corporation, Theodore Mann, an Individual, American Multi-Cinema, Inc., a corporation, Stanley Durwood, an Individual, Cooper Theatres, Inc., a corporation, Elwood Thompson, an Individual, Herman Hallberg, an Individual, Northwest Cinema Theatre Corporation, a corporation, Melvin Lebewitz, an Individual, Exhibitor-Defendants, and also, Universal Pictures, a corporation, Paramount Pictures, a corporation, Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation, a corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., a corporation, Allied Artists Pictures Corporation, a corporation, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a corporation, Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation, a corporation, Distributor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nebraska.

August 24, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard K. Lydick, Zweiback & Laughlin, Omaha, Neb., Earl A. Jinkinson, Robert Foster, Greg Murray, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, Ill., for Admiral Theatre Corp., Benson Drive-In Corp. and the Chief Theatre Corp., plaintiffs.

Leo Eisenstatt, Steven M. Luttbeg, Eisenstatt, Higgins, Kinnamon & Okun, Omaha, Neb., Alan K. Benjamin, Bagby, Benjamin & Arnold, Kansas City, Mo., for The Douglas Theatre Co., Russell Brehm, J.S.B. Amusement Corp. of Nebraska, Sarge Dubinsky, Irwin Dubinsky, American Multi-Cinema, Inc., and Stanley Durwood, exhibitor-defendants.

Bernard R. Kaufman, C/O Mann Theatres Corp., Los Angeles, Cal., Richard A. Knudsen, Kenneth C. Stephan, Knudsen, Berkheimer, Endacott & Beam, Lincoln, Neb., for Mann Theatres Corp. of California, Theodore Mann, Cooper Theatres, Inc., Elwood Thompson and Herman Hallberg, exhibitor-defendants.

Patrick W. Healey, John Tavlin, Healey, Healey, Brown, Wieland & Burchard, Lincoln, Neb., D. Randall Blohm, Minneapolis, Minn., for Northwest Cinema Theatre Corp., and Melvin Lebewitz, exhibitor-defendants.

William E. Morrow, Jr., Richard N. Janney, Donald Buresh, Swarr, May, Smith & Andersen, Omaha, Neb., for Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Brothers Distributing Corp., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Allied Artists Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., and Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., distributor-defendants.


MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF ORDER OF DIRECTED VERDICT

HANSON, Chief Judge.*

This is an action by motion picture theatre corporations against motion picture distributors and exhibitors to recover damages for, and obtain injunctive relief from, alleged violations of Sections 1 and 2 of the Sherman Act.1 Plaintiffs' complaint alleges that between March 15, 1970 and March 15, 1974 there existed in the Omaha...

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