Legal Opinion
Sampliner v. Motion Picture Patents Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 6, 1920No. 89PublishedCited by 27 opinions
ERROR TO .THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McReynolds
The opinion below is reported in 255 Fed. Rep. 242.
By an assignment executed in Ohio December 28, 1911, the Lake Shore Film and Supply Company, a corporation of that State, undertook to convey to plaintiff in erroi its claim and right of action against defendants for damages resulting from their violations of the Sherman Act. Relying upon the assignment he brought suit for $750,000 January 16, 1917, in the United States- District Court, Southern District of New York. The defendants denied liability, and set up the following as a separate and distinct defense:
“The plaintiff is and at the time…
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