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 (1914)

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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:
1914
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 5
Leaf #:
000530
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:
September 12, 2024
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2976 Walter W. R. Greene, Direct Examination. Mr. Grosvenor: You either telephoned or visited every town in Georgia that is embraced within the lines which appear on this map of Georgia? The Witness : Every town over four hundred. The white space is Avithin the dotted Hue. What I mentioned is the dark space — the white space was a piece of paper for the typewriting of the notice. Mr. Kingsley: I offer this map of Georgia in evidence. The map offered in evidence is marked by the Examiner, "Defendants' Exhibit No. 147." By Mr. Grosvenor: Q. Part of these dotted lines which purport to embrace the territory in the State of Georgia which you visited is the State line between South Carolina and Georgia? A. A certain portion of it. Q. That is all on the east? A. Down to a certain point, there it turns off. Q. It is also on the northern part, bounded by the northern line of the State of Georgia? A. There is a small part in the northwestern part of the State that is omitted. By Mr. Kingsley: Q. Did you prepare a list of the towns in Georgia which you visited and which you checked? A. Yes, sir. Q. Is it a correct list? A. Yes, it is. Q. Is the list which I show you the list to which you have referred? A. That is the list. Mr. Kingsley : I offer it in evidence. The list referred to and offered in evidence is marked by the Examiner, "Defendants' Exhibit, No. 148." By Mr. Grosvenor: Q. Exhibit 148 is headed, "Towns in Georgia with Moving Picture Shows." Does this list (Defendants' Exhibit No. 148) include all the towns in the State of Georgia which had moving picture shows? A. Only the towns in the territory which I covered.