Lipp v. National Screen Service Corp.

GRIM, District Judge.

These three civil actions have been brought under the antitrust laws 1 to obtain an injunction and to recover treble damages for alleged violations of these statutes by the defendants. The plaintiff in each case is engaged in the business of leasing advertising materials to exhibitors of motion picture films. Plaintiffs, in turn, procure these materials from defendant National Screen Service Corporation and from other so.urces. The complaints, which are identical except as to the names of the plaintiffs, in essence charge the existence of a scheme on the part of National…