Burroughs v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

FORD, District Judge.

This is an action under the anti-trust laws brought by the owners of certain motion picture theatres in Newburyport and Amesbury, Massachusetts, against Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Warner and several other defendants, most of whom are alleged to be subsidiaries of Warner and are engaged in various phases of the motion picture industry.

The complaint alleges that since prior to 1930 defendants and other producers, distributors, and exhibitors of motion pictures have combined and conspired to monopolize and restrain trade and commerce in the-…