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HOME BOX OFFICE v. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA

No. 78 Civ. 3095.

531 F.Supp. 578 (1982)

HOME BOX OFFICE, INC., Plaintiff, v. DIRECTORS GUILD OF AMERICA, INC., Robert B. Aldrich, Michael H. Franklin, Ernest Ricca, and Glenn Gumpel, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

February 2, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, for plaintiff; George G. Gallantz, Bettina B. Plevan, and David Aronson, New York City, of counsel.

Peter A. Gross, Gen. Counsel, and Shelley D. LaVine, Associate Counsel, New York City, for Home Box Office, Inc.

Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, New York City, for defendants; Sidney Dickstein, William W. Osborne, Jr., Joel B. Kleinman, Michael E. Nannes, and Charles W. Saber, New York City, of counsel.

Alan Gordon, Gen. Counsel, New York City, for Directors Guild of America, Inc.

OPINION AND ORDER

SOFAER, District Judge:

Home Box Office, Inc. ("HBO"), brought this action to enjoin defendants from enforcing certain agreements and engaging in certain conduct alleged to violate section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1 (1976). HBO, a subsidiary of Time, Inc., is a pioneer in the pay-television business. It transmits television programs, often via satellite, to cable television systems for purchase by subscribing consumers. Approximately...

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