Article: Wichita, Kan., Theater Owners File Lawsuits Claiming Defamation.

By Dan Voorhis, The Wichita Eagle, Kan. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Mar. 4--Last year, movie theater owners Bill Warren and John Hartley traded barbs about who was going to whip whom in the competition for Wichita's theatergoers.

Now their lawyers are trading lawsuits.

Warren sued Dickinson in September. On Thursday, Dickinson Theatres, of which Hartley is majority owner, filed a countersuit against four of Warren's theater companies.

Lenexa-based Dickinson Theatres owns the Northrock 6 and 14.

The two lawsuits look pretty similar. They both claim the other defamed them in stories in The Wichita Eagle. They also ...

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