The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants (1912)

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Title:
The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants
Date:
1912
Publisher:
Washington D.C. : United States. Government Printing Office
Volume:
The United States of America, petitioner, v. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants
Leaf #:
0005
Language:
English
Collection:
Books and Government & Law
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Date Added:
May 15, 2025
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In the District Court of tlie United States for tlie Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The United States of America, petitioner, V. Motion Picture Patents Company and others, defendants. No. — . ORIGINAL PETITION. To the honorable judges of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania , sitting in equity: The United States of America, by John C. Swartley, its attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, acting under the direction of the Attorney General, brings this proceeding in equity against Motion Picture Patents Company, General Film Company, Biograph Company, Thomas A. Edison (Inc.), Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, the Kalem Company (Inc.), George Kleine, Lubin Manufacturing Company, Melies Manufacturing Company, Pathe Freres, the Selig Polyscope Company, the Vitagraph Company of America, Armat Moving Picture' Company, Frank L. Dyer, Henry N. Marvin, J. J. Kennedy, William Pelzer, Samuel Long, J. A. Berst, Siegmund Lubin, Gaston Melies, Albert E. Smith, George K. Spoor, and W. N. Selig. The defendants above-named, engaged in interstate and foreign commerce in motion pictures, films, cameras, exhibiting machines and other articles and apparatus used in the motion picture art, are violating the provisions of the act of