United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_v._Paramount_Pictures,_Inc.

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Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:United_States_Supreme_Court_case
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs	gptkb:Paramount_Decree
gptkbp:category	gptkb:Paramount_Global United States Supreme Court cases 1948 in United States case law Film industry law History of Hollywood, Los Angeles United States antitrust case law
gptkbp:citation	334 U.S. 131
gptkbp:concurringOpinionBy	gptkb:Frank_Murphy gptkb:Harold_Hitz_Burton gptkb:Wiley_Blount_Rutledge
gptkbp:country	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:date	May 3, 1948
gptkbp:decidedBy	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:defendant	gptkb:Universal_Pictures gptkb:Warner_Bros. gptkb:United_Artists gptkb:Loew's,_Inc. gptkb:Columbia_Pictures gptkb:20th_Century-Fox gptkb:Paramount_Pictures,_Inc. gptkb:RKO_Radio_Pictures,_Inc.
gptkbp:dissentingOpinionBy	gptkb:Felix_Frankfurter gptkb:Stanley_Forman_Reed gptkb:Fred_M._Vinson gptkb:Robert_H._Jackson
gptkbp:docketNumber	No. 87
gptkbp:effect	ended the classic Hollywood studio system changed film distribution practices in the United States
gptkbp:heldBy	vertical integration of film studios and theaters violated antitrust laws block booking and other distribution practices were illegal
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc.
gptkbp:judge	gptkb:Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:legalSubject	antitrust law motion picture industry
gptkbp:majorityOpinionBy	gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:plaintiff	gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:predecessor	antitrust cases in the entertainment industry
gptkbp:relatedConcept	antitrust enforcement vertical integration block booking
gptkbp:relatedTo	gptkb:United_States_v._Loew's_Inc.
gptkbp:result	major studios were required to divest their theater chains
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:bfsLayer	4