Theatre Enterprises, Inc. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp. et al.
Decided January 4, 1954. Tom C. Clark delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 19 · 346 U.S. 537 (1954) · Cited 418 times
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How the Justices voted
Decided 7–1.
Majority · 7
- Tom C. Clark · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Earl Warren
- Felix Frankfurter
- Harold Hitz Burton
- Robert Houghwout Jackson
- Sherman Minton
- Stanley Forman Reed
Dissenting · 1
- Hugo Lafayette Black · filed a dissenting opinion
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. · 334 U.S. 131 (1948)
- American Tobacco Co. v. United States · 328 U.S. 781 (1946)
- Interstate Circuit, Inc. v. United States · 306 U.S. 208 (1939)
- Emich Motors Corp. v. General Motors Corp. · 340 U.S. 558 (1951)
- United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. · 321 U.S. 707 (1944)
- United States v. Masonite Corp. · 316 U.S. 265 (1942)
Cited by
Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · 550 U.S. 544 (2007)
- First Nat. Bank of Ariz. v. Cities Service Co. · 391 U.S. 253 (1968)
- United States v. Container Corporation of America · 393 U.S. 333 (1969)
- Texas Industries, Inc. v. Radcliff Materials, Inc. · 451 U.S. 630 (1981)
- City of Columbia v. Omni Outdoor Advertising, Inc. · 499 U.S. 365 (1991)
- Local Union No. 189, Amalgamated Meat Cutters & Butcher Workmen v. Jewel Tea Co. · 381 U.S. 676 (1965)
- Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. New Jersey Wood Finishing Co. · 381 U.S. 311 (1965)
- Partmar Corp. v. Paramount Pictures Theatres Corp. · 347 U.S. 89 (1954)
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