NAT. INDEP. THEATRE EXHIB. v. CHARTER FIN. GROUP

No. 82-8669.

747 F.2d 1396 (1984)

NATIONAL INDEPENDENT THEATRE EXHIBITORS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CHARTER FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Thomas Patterson, Sr., pro se.

Lawrence L. Aiken, Riverdale, Ga., for Nat. Independent Theatre Exhibitors.

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Alfred A. Lindseth, Thomas A. Varlan, Atlanta, Ga., for Charter.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Jeffrey R. Nickerson, June Ann Kirkland, Atlanta, Ga., for Columbia.

Before TJOFLAT and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and GARZA, Senior Circuit Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 5, 1985.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This suit arises out of a dispute over the right to distribute a motion picture, "The Buddy Holly Story," for exhibition in theatres across the United States. James Thomas Patterson, Sr. and National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc. (NITE) claim that they had a contract right, given them by Charter Financial Group, Inc. (Charter), one of the film's co-executive producers,...

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