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THEATRE ENTERPRISES v. PARAMOUNT.

No. 19.

346 U.S. 537 (1954)

74 S.Ct. 257

98 L.Ed. 273

THEATRE ENTERPRISES, INC. v. PARAMOUNT FILM DISTRIBUTING CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 4, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip B. Perlman and Holmes Baldridge argued the cause for petitioner. With them on the brief were Edwin P. Rome and Sol C. Berenholtz.

Bruce Bromley argued the cause for the Paramount Film Distributing Corporation et al., and Ferdinand Pecora argued the cause for Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corporation et al., respondents. With them on the brief were Milton Handler, R. Dorsey Watkins and J. Cookman Boyd, Jr. John Fletcher Caskey entered an appearance for the Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, respondent.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner brought this suit for treble damages and an injunction under §§ 4 and 16 of the Clayton Act,1 alleging that respondent motion picture producers and distributors2 had violated the antitrust laws3 by conspiring to restrict "first-run"4 pictures to downtown Baltimore theatres, thus...

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