Legal Opinion
Twin City Amusement Company v. Salater
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided November 11, 1963No. 5-3093PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Jim Johnson, Associate Justice.
This is a suit for damages resulting from rock throwing following a rock and roll concert. Appellant, Twin City Amusement Company, Inc., leased Barton Coliseum and adjoining parking areas from the Arkansas Livestock Show Association for the night of April 21, 1961, for the purpose of holding a rock and roll concert. Tickets were sold to the public and both Negroes and Whites attended. Mrs. Joe Felton of Little Rock took a carfull of young teenagers to the concert, including one of her own children. She parked on the Livestock Show grounds near the Coliseum.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Hawkins v. Maine & New Hampshire Theaters Co.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Whitfield v. CoxSupreme Court of Virginia · 1949
- Stevenson v. City of Kansas CitySupreme Court of Kansas · 1961
- Worcester v. Theatrical Enterprises Corp.California Court of Appeal · 1938
- Dickinson v. Eden Theatre Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1950
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- John Silva v. Showcase Cinemas Concessions of Dedham, Inc., National Amusements, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1984
- Parnell v. C & N Bowl Corp., Inc.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1997
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