Legal Opinion

Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided October 21, 1963No. 323PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Per curiam

In 1950 the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered an amended consent decree in a gov ernment Sherman Act suit requiring ASCAP inter alia to “grant to any user making written application therefor a non-exclusive license to perform all of the compositions in the ASCAP repertory” subject to a reasonable license fee. On request of petitioners for a license ASCAP refused to fix a fee and, as provided by the amended consent decree, this application was filed for an order to fix a reasonable fee. The District Court found that the consent decree did not require ASCAP to issue…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Terminal Railroad Ass'n v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
  2. United States v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTH. & PUB.District Court, S.D. New York · 1962
  3. Aluminum Co. of America v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
  4. Shenandoah Valley Broadcasting, Inc. v. American Society of Composers, Authors & PublishersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963

3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Tidewater Oil Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  2. Fisons Limited and Fisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd. v. United States of America, Respondent-PlaintiffCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
  3. Lola Burton, as Administratrix of the Estate of William C. Burton v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  4. Olympic Refining Co. v. CarterCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
  5. United States v. United Fruit Company, Standard Fruit and Steamship CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969

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