CINEMA ARTS, INC. v. COUNTY OF CLARK

No. 82-5076.

722 F.2d 579 (1983)

CINEMA ARTS, INC., a Nevada Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF CLARK and the Board of County Commissioners of Clark County, Nevada, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan B. Andrews, Las Vegas, Nev., Arthur M. Schwartz, Denver, Colo., for plaintiff-appellant.

John Whisenhunt, Las Vegas, Nev., for defendants-appellees.

Before POOLE and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges, and McNICHOLS, District Judge.


POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Cinema Arts appeals from a district court order abstaining from the exercise of jurisdiction over Cinema Arts' action against Clark County. We reverse and remand.

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