United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers

OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

This application is before this Court in its capacity as the “rate court” under the Amended Consent Judgment (“Consent Decree”) entered in United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1950-51 Trade Cases (CCH) ¶ 62,595 (S.D.N.Y.1950). The Consent Decree, originally entered in 1941 and extensively amended in 1950, settled the United States’ antitrust suit against the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (“AS-CAP”). This Court has retained jurisdiction under Article XVII of the Consent Decree to…