Legal Opinion
Norris v. Hearst Trust
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 18, 2007No. 05-20710PublishedCited by 403 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiffs appeal the district court’s order dismissing their suit under Rule 12(b)(6). Plaintiffs, six former distributors of the Houston Chronicle, a newspaper owned by defendants (Hearst), brought this suit against Hearst alleging breach of contract, wrongful termination under Sabine Pilot Service Inc. v. Hauck, 687 S.W.2d 733 (Tex.1985), 1 and antitrust claims. Five of the six plaintiffs (all except for Stovall) had previously sued Hearst on some similar state law claims in Texas state court. They argue that they had nonsuited the presently relevant claims prior to…
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