Legal Opinion

Blake v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.

District Court, S.D. California

Decided January 31, 1938No. 8173—YPublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

YANKWICH, District Judge.

This is one of a group of twenty cases originally begun in the superior court of California by different plaintiffs against the same defendants and removed to this court. Our jurisdiction depends entirely upon diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C.A. § 41(1). Except for the difference in plaintiffs, the complaints are the same. They are complaints for damages and have two counts.

The facts pleaded in the first count are these: '

The plaintiff is an exhibitor of motion pictures. We shall refer to him as “the exhibitor.” The defendants Paramount Pictures, Inc., Paramount…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Connally v. General Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
  2. United States v. Colgate & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
  3. United States v. L. Cohen Grocery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1921
  4. Champlin Rfg. Co. v. Corporation Commission of OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  5. Cline v. Frink Dairy Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Speegle v. Board of Fire UnderwritersCalifornia Supreme Court · 1946
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  3. Anderson v. RexroadSupreme Court of Kansas · 1957
  4. Berry v. RobotkaCourt of Appeals of Arizona · 1969
  5. F. & A. Ice Cream Co. v. Arden Farms Co.District Court, S.D. California · 1951

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