Lee EDDINS et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants,
v.
Sumner REDSTONE et al., Defendants and Respondents.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
November 22, 2005.
November 22, 2005.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Fairbank & Vincent, Robert H. Fairbank and Dirk L. Vincent, Los Angeles; Greines, Martin, Stein & Richland, Kent L. Richland, Barbara W. Ravitz and Edward L. Xanders, Los Angeles, for Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Kenneth R. Logan, Kyle A. Lonergan and Seth Ribner, Los Angeles, for Defendants and Respondents Sumner Redstone, Viacom Inc. and Paramount Home Entertainment, Inc.
Hogan & Hartson, Richard L. Stone and Poopak Nourafchan, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
Munger, Tolles & Olson, Glenn D. Pomerantz, David C. Dinielli and Paul J. Watford, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Universal Studios Home Video LLC.
Heller Ehrman, Robert G. Badal and Edward J. Slizewski, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc.
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Scott A. Edelman and Christopher D. Dusseault, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, Inc.
Vinson & Elkins, Robert C. Walters and Stacey H. Doré Simpson Thacher & Bartlett and Seth A. Ribner, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Respondent Blockbuster Inc.
Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of the State of California; Richard M. Frank, Chief Deputy Attorney General; Thomas Greene, Chief Assistant Attorney General; Kathleen Foote, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Barbara Motz, Supervising Deputy Attorney General; and Patricia L. Nagler, Deputy Attorney General, as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.
Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Eight.
BOLAND, J.
SUMMARY
More than 250 independent video retailers sued Blockbuster Inc., its parent company Viacom Inc., Viacom's controlling shareholder, Sumner Redstone, and the home-video affiliates of five major Hollywood movie studios, alleging antitrust and price discrimination violations under California law. The complaint centers upon output revenue-sharing agreements between the movie studios and Blockbuster, under which Blockbuster purchases video cassettes...
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