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gptkbp:instanceOf
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gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
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gptkbp:alsoKnownAs
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gptkb:Paramount_Decree
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gptkbp:arguedDate
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February 9–12, 1948
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gptkbp:citation
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334 U.S. 1
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gptkbp:country
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:date
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May 3, 1948
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gptkbp:decidedBy
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gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
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gptkbp:docketNumber
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No. 87
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gptkbp:effect
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Studios were required to divest their theater chains
Ended the vertical integration of major Hollywood studios
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gptkbp:heldBy
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The practice of block booking and other monopolistic practices by film studios violated antitrust laws.
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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334 U.S. 1 (1948)
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gptkbp:legalSubject
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antitrust law
motion picture industry
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gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy
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gptkb:Justice_William_O._Douglas
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gptkbp:officialName
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gptkb:United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
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gptkbp:petitioner
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gptkb:United_States
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gptkbp:predecessor
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antitrust enforcement in the entertainment industry
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gptkbp:response
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gptkb:United_Artists_Corporation
gptkb:Loew's,_Inc.
gptkb:Universal_Corporation
gptkb:Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkb:RKO_Radio_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkb:Columbia_Pictures_Corporation
gptkb:Warner_Bros._Pictures,_Inc.
20th Century-Fox Film Corporation
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:McGhee_et_al._v._Sipes_et_al.
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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7
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