Redwood Theatres, Incorporated v. Festival Enterprises, Inc.

908 F.2d 477 59 USLW 2057 , 1990-2 Trade Cases 69,099 REDWOOD THEATRES, INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FESTIVAL ENTERPRISES, INC.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Gulf & Western, Inc.; Mann Theatres Corporation of California, Defendants-Appellees. No. 89-15638. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 4, 1990. Decided July 11, 1990. Lawrence Alioto, Alioto and Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant. Judith Z. Gold, and Gregory Gilchrist, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before GOODWIN, Chief Judge, CANBY and RYMER, Circuit Judges. GOODWIN, Chief Judge: 1 Redwood Theatres appeals the denial of its motion to remand this case to state court. Redwood originally filed its action in California Superior Court, alleging violations of the Cartwright Act, Cal.Bus. & Prof.Code Sec. 16720. Appellees removed the case to federal district court, contending that Redwood's complaint, properly construed, advanced claims implicating federal antitrust law and that the nationwide character of its motion…