BARNETT v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTING CORP.

No. 51 C 1040.

112 F.Supp. 5 (1953)

BARNETT et al. v. WARNER BROS. PICTURES DISTRIBUTING CORP. et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois, E. D.

May 12, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Sullivan and Eugene H. Dupee, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Johnston, Thompson, Raymond & Mayer, Chicago, Ill., Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


CAMPBELL, District Judge.

Plaintiffs, who owned or operated a motion picture theatre in Chicago, bring this action under Section 4 of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 15. They seek treble damages for alleged violations of the anti-trust laws from thirteen producers, distributors, or exhibitors of motion pictures. Five defendants—RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Paramount Pictures, Inc., Paramount Film Distributing Corporation, Balaban & Katz Corporation, and...

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