U.S. v. FIRST NAT. PICTURES, INC.

No. 95.

282 U.S. 44 (1930)

UNITED STATES v. FIRST NATIONAL PICTURES, INCORPORATED, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 24, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant to the Attorney General O'Brian, with whom Attorney General Mitchell and Messrs. Claude R. Branch and Charles H. Weston, Special Assistants to the Attorney General, were on the brief, for the United States.

Messrs. Cornelius W. Wickersham and John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. Henry W. Taft, Paxton Blair, Arthur L. Fisk, Jr., and Gabriel L. Hess were on the brief, for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The court below denied the relief sought by the United States. The parties are the same as those in Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation v. United States, just decided, ante, p. 30, and the opinion there contains sufficient description of them, their business and operations.

In 1926 the Appellee Distributors caused each of the thirty-two...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases