Anti-Trust Cases: United Artists Corporation Records, Series 6A
1931-1956
- United Artists Corporation
U.S. Mss 99 AN/6A
19.0 cubic feet (48 archives boxes)
Wisconsin Historical Society
(Map)
Correspondence and court records from anti-trust litigation to which United Artists was a party. Most of the cases involve suits by small privately-owned theatres against the major motion picture firms. Among the most frequent primary defendants are Balaban & Katz, Columbia Pictures, Loew's, Paramount Pictures, RKO, Twentieth Century-Fox, and Warner Bros. Pictures. In many of the cases, the plaintiffs charged a conspiracy in restraint of trade to deny them first-run films. In others, price-fixing or other unlawful practices figured in the litigation. The correspondence often includes information on settlement negotiations, litigation strategies, billings, and other matters. At the end of the file in Box 48 are processor's work sheets containing a summary of all documented cases.
Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.
English
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