Knutson v. Daily Review, Inc.

664 F.2d 1120 1981-2 Trade Cases 64,421 , 7 Media L. Rep. 2542 Douglas K. KNUTSON, Arlen N. Benham, Geoffrey Beaty, Evan Francis Williams, Joseph W. Berthiaume, Kenneth W. Jackson, Jean E. Nyland, Daniel A. Dutra, Willard B. Kittredge, Robert A. Dutra, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The DAILY REVIEW, INC., a corporation, Bay Area Publishing Co., a corporation, Floyd L. Sparks, an individual, William Chilcote, an individual, Dallas Cleland, an individual, Defendants- Appellees. No. 80-4089. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Aug. 10, 1981. Decided Dec. 28, 1981. Timothy H. Fine, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. Thomas Paine, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court Northern District of California. Before SKELTON, * Judge, United States Court of Claims, KILKENNY and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. KILKENNY, Circuit Judge: 1 This litigation is no stranger to us. It was originally initiated as an action by independent distributors of certain newspapers against appellees, publishers of these newspapers, in which it was claimed that both the appellees' newspaper dealership contracts and its…