Legal Opinion
North Drive-In Theatre Corp. v. Park-In Theatres, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided August 22, 1957No. Nos. 5507-5514PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAH, Circuit Judge.
In these consolidated suits to recover royalties on license agreements under a patent for a drive-in theatre, the licensees appealed from judgments for the licensor. Federal jurisdiction is based upon requisite diversity of citizenship and amount in controversy.
As the owner of the Hollingshead Patent for a drive-in theatre, the appellee, Park-In Theatres, Inc., entered into four separate license contracts, effective July 1, 1948, with the respective affiliated corporate appellants. Each of the agreements in identical language granted to each of the appellants a license…
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