EXHIBITORS' SERVICE, INC. v. AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA

Nos. 84-5530, 84-5704.

788 F.2d 574 (1986)

EXHIBITORS' SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff/Appellee, v. AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC., and AMC Film Marketing, Inc., formerly known as AMC Film Management, Inc., Missouri Corporations, Defendants/Appellants, American Multi-Cinema, Inc., AMC Film Management, Inc., AMC Film Marketing, Inc., AMC Film Exhibition, Inc., and Durwood, Inc., Defendants. EXHIBITORS' SERVICE, INC., Plaintiff/Appellant, v. AMERICAN MULTI-CINEMA, INC., and AMC Field Marketing, Inc., Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 25, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maxwell Blecher, Blecher, Collins, & Weinstein, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff/appellee.

Robert C. Hackett, Mohr, Hackett, Pederson, & Blakeley, P.C., Phoenix, Ariz., for defendants/appellants.

Before CANBY, BEEZER and HALL, Circuit Judges.


CANBY, Circuit Judge:

In this case, the controlling issue is whether plaintiff is the proper party,1 under Section Four of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C. § 15 (1982), to bring this antitrust action for treble damages under Section One of the Sherman Antitrust Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1982). Defendants American Multi-Cinema, Inc. (AMC), and its subsidiary AMC Film Marketing, Inc. (Film Marketing) appeal from a jury verdict and judgment...

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