GRAND OPERA CO. v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORP.

Civ. A. 2791.

137 F.Supp. 305 (1955)

GRAND OPERA COMPANY, a corporation, and Marlow's Amusement Corporation, a corporation, Plaintiffs, v. TWENTIETH CENTURY-FOX FILM CORPORATION, a corporation, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. Illinois.

On Motion To Dismiss October 24, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Wolff, Murphysboro, Ill., and Everett Prosser, Carbondale, Ill., Thomas C. McConnell, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff.

Fordyce, Mayne, Hartman, Renard & Stribling, St. Louis, Mo., and Kramer, Campbell, Costello & Wiechert, E. St. Louis, Ill., for Paramount.

Baker, Kagy & Wagner, E. St. Louis, Ill., for Fox Midwest Amusement Corp.

Simon & Collen, Chicago, Ill., and Saul Cohn, Cohn & Cohn, E. St. Louis, Ill., for Monogram Pictures Corp.


WHAM, Chief Judge.

It is to be regretted that the crowded conditions of the court's trial calendar has caused consideration of this case to be so long delayed.

The action herein is brought under various sections of the Clayton Act, 15 U.S.C.A. §§ 15, 26, the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 1, and the Robinson-Patman Act, 15 U.S.C.A. § 13, by the owners and operators of motion picture theaters known as "Marlow's Theater" and "Marlow...

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