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PRESIDIO ENTERPRISES v. WARNER BROS. DISTRIBUTING

No. 84-1693.

784 F.2d 674 (1986)

PRESIDIO ENTERPRISES, INC., Investors Un Ltd. d/b/a Village Cinema Four, & Lakehills Cinema, Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross-Appellants, v. WARNER BROS. DISTRIBUTING CORP., Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Robinowitz, Lewis R. Clayton, Alan Pfeffer, New York City, Strasburger & Price, R. Chris Harvey, Gary W. Davis, Jr., Dallas, Tex., Jack D. Maroney, Austin, Tex., for defendant-appellant, cross-appellee.

Philip K. Maxwell, Longley & Maxwell, Mark L. Kincaid, John E. Athey, Austin, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees, cross-appellants.

Before GOLDBERG, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

The distinctly unsettling thought of angry "killer bees" terrorizing an unsuspecting Texas town lies at the heart of this case. Appellant Warner Bros. thought it could turn this idea into a "chilling, riveting, harrowing, cinematic experience," and spent $10 million trying to do so. Appellee Presidio Enterprises was apparently similarly affected, for it agreed to pay Warner $65,000 for the right to show the film, sight unseen, at two of its...

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