In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants (1913)

Record Details:

Title:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants
Date:
1913
Publisher:
New York, Appeal Printing Co.
Volume:
In the District Court of the United States, for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, the United States of America, petitioner, vs. Motion Picture Patents Company, et al., defendants : record volume 1
Leaf #:
000224
Language:
English
Collection:
Government & Law and Early Cinema
Format:
Periodicals
Contributor:
The Museum of Modern Art Library, New York
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
These seven volumes contain the testimonies and supporting documents from the U.S. District Court's antitrust lawsuit against the Motion Picture Patents Company (MPPC). Formed in 1908, the MPPC (sometimes referred to asœ"the Edison Trust" or just "the Trust") sought to control the American film industry through pooling patents and demanding that producers and exhibitors acquire licenses to those patents. Independent producers and exhibitors, who refused to license the patents, argued that the MPPC was an unlawful monopoly. In 1912 and 1913, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania heard testimonies from both MPPC members, such as Siegmund Lubin, and "Independents" who later became Hollywood moguls, such as William Fox. Ultimately, in 1915, the case reached the U.S. Supreme Court, which found the MPPC in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and spelled the end for the already weakening MPPC. -- Eric Hoyt, 2012
Date Added:
May 23, 2024
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202 By-Laws, Geneeal Film Co. each holder of common stock may cast all such votes for one candidate or distribute them in favor of two or more candidates. ARTICLE VI. Directors. Section 1. — Number and Duties : A Board composed of ten (10) directors shall have charge of the property and interests of the Company, and shall direct and conduct its business. Section 2. — Qualifications : No person shall be qualified to serve as a director of the Company unless at the time of his election, he is a holder of record of at least one share of its preferred or common stock. Section 3. — Vacancies: The Board of Directors may, by the affirmative vote of not less than seven (7) of the directors, accept the resignations of individual directors, and may, by the affirmative vote of not less than seven (7) of the directors, fill vacancies that occur in the Board of Directors by resignation, disqualification, death or the refusal of any person to serve as director after being elected. If a candidate to fill a vacancy in the Board, should be nominated by the holder of record of common stock, who nominated the director whose resignation, disqualification, death or refusal to serve, caused the vacancy in the Board, the directors shall fill the vacancy by electing the candidate so nominated. Section 4. — Regular Meetings: Regular meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held al the office of the Company, in the City of New York, New York, on the second Tuesday of each month, except when such Tuesday is a legal holiday; in which event, the meeting shall be held on the following Thursday. Section 5. — Special Meetings: Special Meetings of the Board of Directors may be held