L. C. L. THEATRES v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES

No. 79-1663 Summary Calendar.

619 F.2d 455 (1980)

L. C. L. THEATRES, INC., A Texas Corporation, Plaintiff and Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee, v. COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC., et al., Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs-Appellees Cross-Appellants, v. John G. LONG, Counterclaim-Defendant-Appellant Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin Tobolowsky, Richard L. Arnold, Dallas, Tex., for L. C. L. Theatres, Inc.

Baker & Botts, James G. Ulmer, Richard Brooks, Houston, Tex., for Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., et al.

Akin, Gump, Hauer & Field, John L. Hauer, Bart Wulff, Dallas, Tex., for Sargoy, Stein & Hanft and Burton H. Hanft.

Before HILL, GARZA and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

L. C. L. Theatres, Inc. [L. C. L.] exhibits motion pictures in several Texas localities. Appellant John G. Long [Long] is L. C. L.'s president and principal shareholder. Appellees are motion picture distributors who, from time to time, leased films to L. C. L. Appellees sued both Long and L. C. L. for breach of contract, claiming that L. C. L. fraudulently underreported box office receipts for...

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