Legal Opinion
Theee Movies of Tarzana v. Pacific Theatres, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1987No. 86-6211PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEAVY, Circuit Judge:
The appellant, Theee Movies of Tarzana (TMT), is a partnership which owned a six screen movie theater in Tarzana, California. The appellees are a competing movie exhibitor, Pacific Theatres, Inc. (Pacific), and several movie distributors (the distributors). TMT alleges the appellees violated § 1 et seq. of the Sherman Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1 et seq. (1987). At issue is the reasonableness of certain “clearances” granted to Pacific by the distributors in movie exhibition licenses.
Movie exhibitors submit bids to movie distributors for the right, or license, to exhibit particular…
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