NORRIS v. HEARST TRUST

No. 05-20710.

500 F.3d 454 (2007)

William T. NORRIS, Edward Rossi, Steve Halpern, Jimmy O. Payne, Sue Packwood, and Thomas Stovall, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The HEARST TRUST, the Hearst Corporation, and Hearst Newspapers Partnership, L.P., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 18, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry Stephen Payne (argued), Payne & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

William W. Ogden (argued), Ogden, Gibson, Broocks & Longoria, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before GARWOOD, DENNIS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs appeal the district court's order dismissing their suit under Rule 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs, six former distributors of the Houston Chronicle, a newspaper owned by defendants (Hearst), brought this suit against Hearst alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination under Sabine Pilot Service Inc. v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733 (Tex.1985),1 and antitrust claims...

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