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WATSON v. BUCK

No. 610.

313 U.S. 387 (1941)

WATSON, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF FLORIDA, ET AL. v. BUCK ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1941.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Thomas G. Haight and Frank J. Wideman, with whom Messrs. Louis D. Frohlich, Herman Finkelstein, and Manley P. Caldwell were on the brief, for appellees in No. 610 and appellants in No. 611.

Messrs. Lucien H. Boggs and Tyrus A. Norwood, Assistant Attorney General of Florida, with whom Messrs J. Tom Watson, Attorney General, and Andrew W. Bennett were on the brief, for appellants in No. 610 and appellees in No. 611.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

In broad outline, these cases involve the constitutionality of Florida statutes regulating the business of persons holding music copyrights and declaring price-fixing combinations of "authors, composers, publishers, [and] owners" of such copyrights to be illegal and in restraint of trade.

The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), one of...

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