DE LUCA v. LOEW'S

No. 51 C. 736.

119 F.Supp. 474 (1953)

DE LUCA v. LOEW'S, Inc. et al.

United States District Court N. D. Illinois.

February 26, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Francis E. Matthews, Robert W. Bergstrom and John F. Caskey of Springer, Bergstrom & Crowe, Chicago, Ill., for 20th Century Fox Films.

Edward R. Johnston, Samuel W. Block, Alfred B. Teton, Jacob I. Grossman, Johnston, Thompson, Rayman & Mayer, Chicago, Ill., for Paramount Pictures, Inc. and Balaban & Katz Corp. and Publix Theatres.

A. George Spannon, Chicago, Ill., for John G. Samedalas, Ellen Samedalas, John Manta and Barbara Manta.

Miles G. Seeley & Bryson P. Burnham of Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, Ill., for RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Loew's, Inc., Columbia Pictures Corporation, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., United Artists Corp., Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corp., Warner Bros. Theatres, Inc., and Warner Bros. Circuit Management Corp.

Nathan Hoffberg, Chicago, Ill., for Morris Zimmerman.


SULLIVAN, District Judge.

This is an action for treble damages under the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 1-7, 15 note, and the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 12 et seq. Defendants have filed their motions for summary judgment based upon their contention that the plaintiff's cause of action is barred by Section 14 of the Illinois Act in regard to limitations, Ill.Rev.Stat. 1951, Ch. 83, par. 15, which provides, in part, that "Actions * * * for a statutory...

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