Legal Opinion
Westway Theatre, Inc. v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided January 3, 1940No. 276PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
This case arises out of the general business practice in the motion picture industry known as “clearance and run”. In licensing the exhibition of ' motion pictures ' the owners of the copyrighted film customarily state a particular time for which the exhibition of the film is permitted, and the written license agreement generally provides in effect that during that time, and for a certain limited period thereafter, the exhibition of the film will not be licensed to other exhibitors in a prescribed competitive area. The time when the particular licensed exhibitor is…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, Appts. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
- Board of Trade of Chicago v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Addyston Pipe & Steel Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- United States v. Addyston Pipe & Steel Co.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1898
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- William Goldman Theatres, Inc. v. Loew's, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1945
- Milgram v. Loew's, Inc. (Hamilton Street Realty Company, Intervenors)Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Loew's, Inc. v. Cinema Amusements, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1954
- Goldsmith v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
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