U.S. v. AM. SOC. OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS & PUBLISHERS

Civ. A. No. 13-95 (WCC).

870 F.Supp. 1211 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF COMPOSERS, AUTHORS AND PUBLISHERS, et al., Defendants. In the Matter of the Applications of FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY and Fox Television Stations, Inc., Applicants.

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

January 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City (Jay Topkis, of counsel), Bernard Korman, American Soc. of Composers Authors and Publishers, New York City, (Richard H. Reimer, of counsel), for American Soc. of Composers, Authors and Publishers.

Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. Washington, DC (Bruce D. Sokler, Peter Kimm, Jr., Lisa W. Schoenthaler, of counsel), Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City (R. Bruce Rich, of counsel), for All-Industry Television Station Music License Committee.

Squadron, Ellenoff, Plesent & Lehrer, New York City, for Applicants Fox Broadcasting Co. and Fox Television Stations, Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

WILLIAM C. CONNER, District Judge.

This application is before this Court in its capacity as the "rate court" under the Amended Consent Judgment ("Consent Decree") entered in United States v. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, 1950-51 Trade Cases (CCH) ¶ 62,595 (S.D.N.Y.1950). The Consent Decree, originally entered in 1941 and extensively amended in 1950, settled the United States' antitrust suit against...

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