333 U.S. 1

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:citation gptkb:333_U.S._1
subsequent antitrust cases
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter
gptkb:Frank_Murphy
gptkb:Harold_Hitz_Burton
gptkb:Stanley_Forman_Reed
gptkb:Wiley_Blount_Rutledge
gptkb:Fred_M._Vinson
gptkb:Robert_H._Jackson
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date May 3, 1948
gptkbp:decidedBy gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant gptkb:United_Artists_Corporation
gptkb:Loew's_Incorporated
gptkb:20th_Century_Fox
gptkb:Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkb:RKO_Radio_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkb:Columbia_Pictures_Corporation
gptkb:Universal_Pictures_Company,_Inc.
gptkb:Warner_Bros._Pictures,_Inc.
gptkbp:docketNumber No. 87
gptkbp:heldBy The practice of block booking and vertical integration by major film studios violated antitrust laws.
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label 333 U.S. 1
gptkbp:judge gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalImpact Changed film distribution practices in the United States
Led to the breakup of the studio system in Hollywood
Studios were required to divest their theater chains
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkbp:pages 1
gptkbp:plaintiff gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:subject antitrust law
motion picture industry
vertical integration
block booking
restraint of trade
gptkbp:volume 333
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:McGhee_v._Sipes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6