CINEVISION CORP. v. CITY OF BURBANK

Nos. 83-5606, 83-5730, 83-5949 and 83-6154.

745 F.2d 560 (1984)

CINEVISION CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff, Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BURBANK, a Municipal Corporation of the State of California, and Jim Richman, Defendants-Appellees. CINEVISION CORPORATION, a corporation, and Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts, a corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF BURBANK, a Municipal Corporation of the State of California and Jim Richman, Defendants-Appellants. CINEVISION CORPORATION, a corporation, and Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts, a corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF BURBANK, a Municipal Corporation of the State of California and Jim Richman, Defendants-Appellants. CINEVISION CORPORATION, a corporation, Plaintiff, Wolf and Rissmiller Concerts, a corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF BURBANK, a Municipal Corporation of the State of California, and Jim Richman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bert Deixler, John W. Cochrane, Manatt, Phelps, Rothenberg & Tunney, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees.

William B. Rudell, City Atty., Douglas Holland, Asst. City Atty., City of Burbank, Anthony Liebig, Timm A. Miller, Lillick McHose & Charles, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Before SNEED and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Cinevision Corporation entered into a contract with the City of Burbank to promote concerts in a municipally-owned amphitheater. Ostensibly acting pursuant to the terms of the contract, the Burbank City Council rejected six of Cinevision's proposed concerts. Cinevision filed an action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) against the City and a member of the City Council alleging that the entertainers were denied access to a public forum in...

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