Legal Opinion
Kerasotes Michigan Theatres, Inc. v. National Amusements, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 12, 1988No. 87-1887PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Circuit Judge.
National Amusements, Inc., appeals from the Rule 12(b)(6) dismissal of its antitrust counterclaim brought against Kerasotes Michigan Theatres, Inc. Because we believe National’s claim was improvidently dismissed, we reverse.
National and Kerasotes are the sole motion picture exhibitors in the Flint, Michigan area. Each owns a significant number of theatres in other cities. Litigation between these parties commenced when Ker-asotes filed suit alleging that National had used its economic leverage in areas other than Flint to obtain exclusive exhibition rights…
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