Legal Opinion
Subscription Television, Inc. v. Southern California Theatre Owners Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 31, 1978No. Nos. 75-2059 and 75-1961PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRILL, Circuit Judge:
The question on appeal is whether the Noerr-Pennington doctrine1 exempts from the Sherman Act a conspiracy or combination to restrain trade by securing the enactment by the voters of California of an initiative measure later held to be unconstitutional. The district court held that it did and granted a directed verdict for the defendants. This appeal was taken.2 We affirm.
The case involves “subscription television,” also referred to as “pay television,” a new concept in television developed in the early 1960’s by which the programs were to be transmitted by telephone…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Eastern Railroad Presidents Conference v. Noerr Motor Freight, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
- United Mine Workers v. PenningtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- California Motor Transport Co. v. Trucking UnlimitedSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Franchise Realty Interstate Corporation and McDonald Systems of California, Inc. v. San Francisco Local Joint Executive Board of Culinary WorkersCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1976
- Weaver v. JordanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Save Our Valley v. Sound TransitCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Forro Precision, Inc. v. International Business MacHines Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Airport Car Rental Antitrust Litigation. Budget Rent-A-Car of Washington-Oregon, Inc. v. The Hertz Corp. And National Car Rental System, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- Association of Mexican-American Educators v. CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2000
- Sessions Tank Liners, Inc. Dba Southwest Tank Liners, Inc. v. Joor Manufacturing, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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