Legal Opinion
Sablosky v. Paramount Film Distributing Corporation
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided December 13, 1955No. 13090PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GRIM, District Judge.
After a long trial in this private motion picture antitrust case the jury re turned a verdict for plaintiffs in the amount of $425,000, which the Court trebled. Defendants have filed motions for judgment notwithstanding the verdict and for a new trial.
The gravamen of plaintiffs’ complaint is that from 1939 to 1951 defendants unreasonably and as the result of a conspiracy denied plaintiffs the right to exhibit pictures on a territorial release basis at their Norris and Grand theatres in Norristown, Pennsylvania; that is, that defendants, the seven major motion picture…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- L. G. Semke, D/B/A Semke Auto Mart v. Enid Automobile Dealers AssociationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1972
- C. Albert Sauter Co., Inc. v. Richard S. Sauter Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Southern Pacific Communications Company v. American Telephone & Telegraph CompanyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1984
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