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The Moving Picture Anti-Trust Cases, Thomas F. Broden
The Moving Picture Anti-Trust Cases, Thomas F. Broden
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United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc., et al. involves a consideration by the Supreme Court of The United States of the guilt of a vast segment of the nation-wide movie industry of a district court conviction of re- straining and monopolizing interstate trade in the distribution and exhibition of films. Not only were the violations of the Sherman Act by the largest moving picture film distributors of the country in issue, but a more difficult problem, that of what to do about the violations, was presented to the Supreme Court for its consideration.
From a reading of the majority opinion …