United West Coast Theatres Corp. v. South Side Theatres
Opinion
Opinion
O'Melveny & Myers, Jackson W. Chance, Los Angeles, Cal., for third-party defendant Paramount Pictures, Inc.
Loeb & Loeb, Harry B. Swerdlow, Los Angeles, Cal., for third-party defendant Loew's, Inc.
Freston & Files, Gordon L. Files, Los Angeles, Cal., for third-party defendant Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp, Leonard A. Kaufman, Los Angeles, Cal., for third-party defendants RKO Pictures, Inc. and Columbia Pictures Corp.
Macfarlane, Schaefer & Haun, William P. Gamble, James H. Arthur, Los Angeles, Cal. (Russell Hardy, Washington, D. C., of counsel), for defendants and counter-claimants.
MATHES, District Judge.
Plaintiffs commenced this action on July 1, 1947, seeking a declaratory judgment as to "the rights and other legal relations", 28 U.S.C.A. § 2201 , of the parties to an agreement relating to certain motion-picture theatres in the city of Los Angeles. With their second amended answer defendants have interposed a counterclaim against plaintiffs and third-party defendants for treble damages and injunctive relief pursuant to §§ 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 38 Stat. 731 , 737, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 15 , 26, because of alleged violations of the anti-trust…