INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS CORP. v. LOEW'S, INCORPORATED


148 F.Supp. 460 (1957)

INDEPENDENT PRODUCTIONS CORPORATION and IPC Distributors, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. LOEW'S, Incorporated et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

On Motion for Reargument March 1, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rosston, Hort & Brussel, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, for defendant General Film Laboratories, Inc.

Schwartz & Frohlich, New York City, for defendants Columbia Pictures Corp. and Columbia Pictures International Corp.

Sidney Schreiber, New York City, for defendants Motion Picture Ass'n of America, Inc. and Association of Motion Picture Producers, Inc.

Benjamin Melniker, New York City, for defendants Loew's Inc. and Loew's International Corp.

Meyer H. Lavenstein, New York City, for defendants Republic Pictures Corp., Republic Pictures International Corp. and Republic Productions, Inc.

Robert W. Perkins, New York City, for defendants Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. (1953) (Del.), Warner Bros. Pictures International Corp. and Warner Bros. Pictures Distributing Corp.

Dwight, Royall, Harris, Koegel & Caskey, New York City, for defendants Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp. (Del.), Twentieth Century-Fox International Corp. and Twentieth Century-Fox Inter-America, Inc.

Louis Phillips, New York City, for defendants Paramount Pictures Corp., Paramount International Films, Inc. and Paramount Film Distributing Corp.

Adolph Schimel, New York City, for defendants Universal Pictures Co., Inc., Universal Film Exchanges, Inc. and Universal International Films, Inc.

J. Miller Walker, New York City, for defendant RKO Teleradio Pictures, Inc. (formerly known and referred to in the complaint as RKO Radio Pictures, Inc.)

Phillips, Nizer, Benjamin & Krim, New York City, for defendants United Artists Corp., Eagle Lion Classics, Inc., National Screen Service Corp. and Comedia Enterprises, Inc.

Frederick W. R. Pride, Charles F. Young, New York City, for defendants Fox West Coast Theatres Corp. and Fox West Coast Agency.

Wechsler & Solodar, New York City, for defendant H. Schoenstadt & Sons, Inc. McConnell, Van Hook & Paschen, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Davis & Gilbert, New York City, for defendants Ryder Sound Services, Inc., Glen Glenn Sound Co. (a corporation) and Glen Glenn Sound Co. (a partnership).

Cahill, Gordon, Reindel & Ohl, New York City, for defendant Radio Corp. of America.

Spivak & Kantor, New York City, for defendants Walsh and Francavilla.


McGOHEY, District Judge.

Ten motions are here considered. One is by the plaintiffs. Nine are by various defendants. Of the latter six are to quash service and to dismiss for lack of venue under Sec. 12 of the Clayton Act;1 two are to stay depositions; one is to vacate a notice of deposition. The plaintiffs' motion seeks an order regulating the taking of depositions.

The complaint alleges that the plaintiffs are respectively corporations...

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