Metropolitan Theatre Co. v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
These are motions by the defendant, C. & F. Theatre Co., hereinafter referred to as C. & F., to quash service of the summons and complaint, to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction on the ground that C. & F. was not transacting business within this District within the meaning of Section 12 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 22, and to vacate a notice by the plaintiff to take depositions in connection with plaintiff’s request for a hearing on the motion to dismiss.
This is an action under the anti-trust laws. Sixteen of the twenty named defendants were served in…
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