UNITED STATES v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. ET AL. (1948)

UNITED STATES v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. ET AL.
	Term: 1947
Important Dates
	Argued: February 9, 1948
	Decided: May 3, 1948
Outcome
	Affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part and remanded
Vote
	7-1
Majority
	Hugo Black • Harold Burton • William Douglas • Frank Murphy • Stanley Reed • Wiley Rutledge • Frederick Vinson
Dissenting
	Felix Frankfurter

UNITED STATES v. PARAMOUNT PICTURES, INC. ET AL. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on May 3, 1948. The case was argued before the court on February 9, 1948.

In a 7-1 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed and reversed (or vacated) in part the ruling of the lower court and remanded the case for further proceedings consistent with the Court's opinion. The case originated from the New York New York Southern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Economic Activity - Antitrust (except in the context of mergers and union antitrust)
Petitioner: United States
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Movie, play, pictorial representation, theatrical production, actor, or exhibitor or distributor of
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 334 U.S. 131
How the court took jurisdiction: Appeal
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: Frederick Vinson
Who wrote the majority opinion: William Douglas

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.