Legal Opinion
Viking Theatre Corporation v. Paramount Film Distributing Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 24, 1963No. 13756PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM F. SMITH, Circuit Judge.
This is an action under the antitrust laws, and particularly under Sections 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A., 15 and 26. The plaintiff is the owner and operator of a first-run motion picture theatre 1 located in downtown Philadelphia. The defendants are three exhibitors, 2 whose theatres are in competition with that of the plaintiff, and six major distributors 3 of motion pictures. The complaint alleges generally that during the period here in question the defendants were engaged in a conspiracy to restrain trade in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Continental Ore Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Binderup v. Pathe Exchange, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Seago v. North Carolina Theatres, Inc.District Court, E.D. North Carolina · 1966
- Admiral Theatre Corp. v. Douglas Theatre Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1978
- Dahl, Inc. v. Roy Cooper Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1981
- Peter Kiewit Sons' Co. v. Summit Construction Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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