Legal Opinion
United States v. Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided September 26, 1980No. 80 Civ. 4438 (GLG)PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*188OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
In this antitrust action brought by the United States Department of Justice against four major film companies and Getty Oil Company seeking to enjoin those defendants from pursuing their joint venture of establishing Premiere, a company intended to provide a new pay television programming service, Premiere has moved to intervene, and three nonparty witnesses have objected to defendants’ nonparty discovery demands.
The Action
The main action can be outlined as follows: On April 12, 1980, Columbia Pictures, Inc., MCA, Inc., Paramount Pictures Corporation, Twentieth…
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