Legal Opinion

J. J. Theatres, Inc. v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided May 12, 1954No. 95, Docket 22841PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHASE, Chief Judge.

The appellants, who are the operators of the Luxor Theatre, a motion picture theatre at 208 East 170th Street in the Bronx, in the Southern District of New York, alleged in their complaint, as amended, a conspiracy by the appellees in violation of the anti-trust statutes, §§ 1, 2, 15 and 26 of Title 15 U.S.C.A., to deprive the appellants of “first-run” pictures for exhibition in their theatre and to restrict them to subsequent runs following unreasonable “clearances” 1 in favor of another theatre in the Bronx called the Park Plaza Theatre. Trial was by jury which returned a…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
  2. Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
  3. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
  4. Milwaukee Towne Corp. v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
  5. United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1949

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Admiral Theatre Corp. v. Douglas Theatre Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
  2. Federal Facilities Realty Trust v. KulpCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
  3. Congress Building Corporation v. Loew's, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1957
  4. Royster Drive-In Theatres, Inc. v. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
  5. Paul E. Hasselbrink and Eva G. Hasselbrink v. George SpeelmanCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1957

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