Legal Opinion
In Re Motion Picture "Standard Accessories" & "Pre-Vues" Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided March 20, 1972No. 93PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
Plaintiffs in four treble damage antitrust actions pending in two separate districts move the Panel for transfer to a single district for pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. Two plaintiffs, Poster Exchange and Exhibitors Poster Exchange, 1 are distributors of motion picture advertising accessories (referred to as “standard accessories”) to motion picture exhibitors. The third plaintiff, Houck Theatres, is a motion picture exhibitor.
Poster Exchange and Exhibitors Poster Exchange allege that the manufacturers of the standard accessories conspired to deprive them…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Exhibitors Poster Exchange, Inc. v. National Screen Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- The Poster Exchange, Inc. v. National Screen Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- In Re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Plumbing FixturesUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1971
4Cited by4 opinions
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- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Toronto International Airport on July 5, 1970United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972