Legal Opinion
Delta Theaters, Inc. v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided January 16, 1958No. Civ. A. 3792PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J. SKELLY WRIGHT, District Judge.
The plaintiff in this case is the owner and operator of an independ ent motion picture theater in New Orleans. Its complaint, based on Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 1 alleges a conspiracy, involving a major part of the nation’s film industry, to destroy competition between plaintiff’s theater and certain theaters, operated in the New Orleans area by some of the defendants, by excluding plaintiff from the market for first-run films of prime quality. This conspiracy is alleged to have continued since plaintiff’s theater opened in 1947, and to have succeeded to…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Moore v. Illinois Central RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Chattanooga Foundry & Pipe Works v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- The Poster Exchange, Inc. v. National Screen Service Corporation, Columbia Pictures Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company v. Elbert Berry HudsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Exhibitors Poster Exchange, Inc. v. National Screen Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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