Legal Opinion
United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 30, 2009No. Civil Action No. 41-1395(WCC)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*419 OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge:
In 1941, the United States’ civil action against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (“ASCAP”) for alleged violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act was settled by the entry of a consent decree. See United States v. Am. Soc’y of Composers, Authors & Publishers, 1941 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 3944 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 4, 1941). The 1941 consent decree was amended on March 14, 1950 to form the Amended Final Judgment (as again amended on January 7, 1960, the “AFJ”). The terms of these orders regulated the manner in which ASCAP could…
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