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ALLIED ARTISTS, ETC. v. TRANSCONTINENTAL THEATRES

No. 5202.

573 S.W.2d 871 (1978)

ALLIED ARTISTS PICTURES CORP. et al., Appellants, v. TRANSCONTINENTAL THEATRES, TEXAS, INC., Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Eastland.

Rehearing Denied November 30, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Hauer and F. Bart Wulff, Akin, Gump, Hauer & Feld, Dallas, for appellants.

George G. Potts, Claude R. Wilson, Jr. and H. David Herndon, Golden, Potts, Boeckman & Wilson, Dallas, for appellee.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

The question presented is whether the venue provision of Article 179b, Tex.Rev. Civ.Stat.Ann., is permissive or mandatory.

Plaintiffs, Allied Artists Pictures Corp., American International Pictures, Inc., Avco Embassy Pictures Corp., Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc., Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corp., Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., United Artists Corp., Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., and Warner Bros...

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