Hughes v. United States

Opinion of the Court by

Mr. Justice Black,,

announced by Mr. Justice Douglas.

A three-judge District Court has construed certainsprovisións of a Sherman Act Consent decree as compelling the sale of certain moving picture stocks owned by the appellant Hughes. This clise is properly here on appeal from an order entered to compel the sale. 15 U. S. C. (Supp. IV). § 29.

These anti-trust proceedings were originally brought by the United States against Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation and other moving picture producers, distributors, and exhibitors. From the District Court’s judgment in the case both…