Legal Opinion
St. Louis Amusement Co. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1948No. 13502PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
The appeal is from a summary judgment entered against the plaintiffs on motions of the defendants. The trial court’s opinion appears in 61 F.Supp. 854.
The action is one under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1 et seq., brought by six motion picture exhibitors in St. Louis, Missouri, operating a total of 31 local theatres, against five major distributers in the industry,1 together with the American Arbitration Association, two of its agents, and the separate operators of two other movie theatres in St. Louis,2 for injunctive relief and treble damages.
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Paramount Famous Lasky Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1946
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- United States v. Paramount Famous Lasky CorporationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1929
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3Cited by2 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Reece v. CampbellMissouri Court of Appeals · 1977
- Mission Theatres, Inc. v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1950