INTERSTATE CIRCUIT v. U.S.

No. 709.

304 U.S. 55 (1938)

INTERSTATE CIRCUIT, INC., ET AL. v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 25, 1938.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. George S. Wright and Thomas D. Thacher for appellants.

Solicitor General Jackson, with whom Assistant Attorney General Arnold and Mr. Charles H. Weston were on the brief, for the United States.


PER CURIAM.

The Government brought this suit for an injunction against the carrying out of an alleged conspiracy, in restraint of interstate commerce, between distributors and exhibitors of motion picture films. The restraint was alleged to consist in provisions in license agreements which prevented any "feature picture" of the distributors, which had been shown "first-run" in a theater of the defendant exhibitor at an admission price of 40 cents or more. from thereafter...

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