HARDIN v. HOUSTON CHRONICLE PUB. CO.

Nos. 77-1575, 77-2635.

572 F.2d 1106 (1978)

Alan G. HARDIN, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The HOUSTON CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. et al., Defendants-Appellees. Alan G. HARDIN, Jr., Plaintiff, Luther E. Allred, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HOUSTON CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 11, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ben H. Schleider, Jr., Paul S. Francis, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

W. Robert Brown, Charles H. Waters, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Houston Chronicle Pub. Co. et al.

Frank J. Knapp, James E. Crowther, Houston, Tex., for Houston Post.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and RUBIN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated cases are two antitrust actions brought by independent newspaper distributors against the Houston Chronicle. In No. 77-1575, plaintiffs challenge the Chronicle's termination of their distributorship contracts, while in No. 77-2635 they attack the newspaper's change in its distribution system. In both cases the district court denied plaintiffs' applications for preliminary injunctions,1 and this appeal followed...

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