Legal Opinion
National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc. v. Charter Financial Group, Inc., Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided December 5, 1984No. 82-8669PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
This suit arises out of a dispute over the right to distribute a motion picture, “The Buddy Holly Story,” for exhibition in theatres across the United States. James Thomas Patterson, Sr. and National Independent Theatre Exhibitors, Inc. (NITE) claim that they had a contract right, given them by Charter Financial Group, Inc. (Charter), one- of the film’s co-executive producers, to distribute the film and that Charter and Columbia Picture Industries, Inc. (Columbia) wrongfully deprived them of that right when Charter made Columbia the exclusive distributor of the film.
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