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TROPIC FILM CORP. v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORP.

No. 70 Civ. 926.

319 F.Supp. 1247 (1970)

TROPIC FILM CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES CORPORATION, Paramount Film Distributing Corporation, and Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

July 31, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dickstein, Shapiro & Galligan, New York City, for plaintiff; David I. Shapiro, New York City, Judah Best, Washington, D.C., of counsel.

E. Compton Timberlake, Walter J. Josiah, Jr., New York City, for defendants Paramount Pictures Corp. and Paramount Film Distributing Corp.; Albert C. Bickford, Anthony L. Fletcher, New York City, of counsel.

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin, Krim & Ballon, New York City, for defendant Motion Picture Assn. of America, Inc.; Louis Nizer, Neil A. Pollio, New York City, of counsel.

LASKER, District Judge.

In this suit challenging the legality of the Motion Picture Code and Rating Program ("Program") adopted in 1968 by major trade associations within the motion picture industry, the plaintiff moves for preliminary relief. The cast of characters consists of:

Joseph Strick ("Strick"), producer and director of a motion picture entitled "Tropic of Cancer." Strick maintains this suit pursuant to authorization on behalf of plaintiff Tropic...

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