PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP. v. THOMPSON THEATRES

No. 78-1921.

621 F.2d 1088 (1980)

PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, a corporation, Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Inc., a corporation, Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, a corporation, Warner Brothers Distributing Corporation, a corporation, Buena Vista Distribution Co., Inc., a corporation, United Artists Corporation, a corporation, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., a corporation, Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc., a corporation, and American International Pictures, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. THOMPSON THEATRES, INC., a corporation, and Richard O. Thompson, Individually, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

Decided June 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Chiaf of Chiaf & Murphy, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendants-appellants.

John C. Harrington, Jr., of Lytle, Soule & Emery, Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before McKAY, PECK and LOGAN, Circuit Judges.


LOGAN, Circuit Judge.

Thompson Theatres, Inc. and Richard O. Thompson (sometimes referred to as defendants) appeal from a judgment rendered against them in a diversity action brought by nine motion picture distributors alleging failure to pay sums due on rental agreements for the showing of motion pictures.

On appeal it is alleged (1) a request for a jury trial was improperly denied, (2) Richard O. Thompson should not have been found personally liable, (3...

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