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RKO THEATRES, INC. v. UNITED STATES

No. 333-56.

163 F.Supp. 598 (1958)

RKO THEATRES, INC., Successor by Merger of Keith Memorial Theatre Corporation, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Claims.

July 16, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Levine, New York City, for plaintiff.

Sheldon J. Gitelman, Washington, D. C., with whom was Asst. Atty. Gen. Charles K. Rice, for defendant. Lyle M. Turner, Washington, D. C., Charles H. Magnuson, Seattle, Wash., and June A. Murray, Washington, D. C., were on the briefs.

REED, Justice (Retired), sitting by designation.*

Following a tragic fire that happened in 1942 at a night club, the Cocoanut Grove, in Boston, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted, in 1943, a statute providing for inspection and licensing of buildings of public assembly. Prior to that time the City of Boston granted such licenses under its safety code. Thereafter, by section 4 of Chapter 544 of the Acts and Resolves of the General...

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