MEANS v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP.

No. 7525.

118 F.Supp. 314 (1954)

MEANS et al. v. TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX FILM CORP. et al.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

January 11, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William G. Boatright, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff.

Spencer, Fane, Britt & Browne, Kansas City, Mo., and Joseph J. Kelly, Jr., Kansas City, Mo., for defendants Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. and Fox Midwest Theatres, Inc.

Watson, Ess, Whittaker, Marshall & Enggas, and J. C. Wilson, Colvin A. Peterson, Kansas City, Mo., for Paramount Film Dist. Corp., RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., Warner Bros. Pictures Distrib. Corp., Loews Incorporated, Universal Film Exchanges, Inc., United Artists Corp., and Columbia Pictures Corp.


REEVES, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs feeling themselves aggrieved by the claimed conduct of the defendants, early in January, 1951, through their counsel, indicated a purpose to bring suit against the defendants under the provisions of Section 15, Title 15 U.S.C.A., because of the alleged violation of the national antitrust laws. They were encouraged to do this by reason of the decision of the Supreme Court in United States v. Paramount Pictures, 334...

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