Legal Opinion
A.L.B. Theatre Corp. v. Loew's Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 1966No. 14754PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERCER, District Judge.
The genealogy of this suit must be traced from the decision in Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, 7 Cir., 162 F.2d 520, cert. denied in 332 U.S. 817, 68 S. Ct. 158, 92 L.Ed. 394 in which the so-called “Chicago system of release” of motion picture films was enjoined as a violation of the anti-trust laws. Under the “Chicago system” all theatres in the City were classified under a caste system, within which no theatre could book a film except on the particular run which it was authorized under the system to play. On *497Chicago’s north side, practically all first outlying runs of…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Milwaukee Towne Corp. v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
- William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Sunbeam Corp. v. Civil Service Employees Cooperative Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Royster Drive-In Theatres, Inc. v. American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Syufy Enterprises v. National General Theatres, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
- Theatre Corporation v. Loew's IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1966