United States v. Crescent Amusement Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1944-12-18

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Me. Justice Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court. The United States brought this civil suit against nine affiliated companies (whom we will call the exhibitors) operating motion picture theatres in some 70 small towns in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, and Tennessee; against certain officers of these companies; and against eight major distribut…

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